† 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.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 8401 (Cott.) Ne Noþier i kepe þe gab ne gloþer [Gött. to gabb ne glose]. c 1375 Sc. 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. ? a 1550 Freiris 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.
| c 1325 Metr. 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. c 1375 Sc. Troy-bk. ii. 1257 He our-commys..Ine glutherynges And thrught arte fallas of spekynges. |