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gleow

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
gleow, gleó, gliw, glig, es; n.
GLEE, joy, music, musical accompaniment of a song, mirth, jesting, sport; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, mimus, ludibrium
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  • Ðǽr wæs gidd and gleó

    there was song and glee [music],

    • Beo. Th. 4216
    • ;
    • B. 2105
    • .
  • And gegaderade, gleowe sungon, on ðæra manna midle geongra, on tympanis, togenum strengum

    conjuncti psallentibus, in medio juvenum tympanistriarum,

    • Ps. Th. 67, 24
    • :
    • Cot. 84. v. Grm. D. M, 854
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Nrs. glý; n. lætitia, gaudium.
]
Similar entries
v. gliw, glig.
Linked entries
v.  gliw.
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