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† ˈglother, v. Obs.
Also 4 gloþer, gluter, gluther, 6 Sc. gluder.
[Cf. glaver v.]
a. trans. To flatter; to cajole.
b. intr. To use flattering terms; to gloze.
a1300Cursor M. 8401 (Cott.) Ne Noþier i kepe þe gab ne gloþer [Gött. to gabb ne glose]. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Baptista 495 Scho gluterit hyme rycht ofte With wysing fare & wordis softe. Ibid., Agnes 118 Þane þe prefet newit his spek & gluthryt hir with wordis mek. a1550Freiris Berwick 34 in Dunbar's Poems (1893) 286 Thir silly Freiris with wyffis weill cowld gluder.
Hence † ˈglothering vbl. n., flattery. Also † ˈglotherer, a flatterer.
c1325Metr. Hom. 37 Thir glotherers That in thair an hand fir beres, In the tother water ber thai. Ibid., Thai kindel baret wit bacbiting, And slokenes it wit thair glothering. c1375Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 1257 He our-commys..Ine glutherynges And thrught arte fallas of spekynges. |