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GLEÁW

  • adjective
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Grammar
GLEÁW, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§76; §265; §437; §439;
Clear-sighted, wise, skilful, sagacious, prudent, good; sagax, prudens, astutus, sapiens, gnarus
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  • Gleáw experius, i. e.

    multum peritus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 18
      • ;
    • Som. 58, 121
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 22, 35
      • .

  • Gleáw sagax vel

    gnarus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 76, 9
      • .

  • Gleáw þeów

    servus prudens,

    • Mk. Skt. 24, 45
      • :
    • 25, 2, 4
      • .

  • Ic gehírde secgan ðæt ðú wǽre gleáw ðǽron

    I heard say that thou wast skilled therein,

    • Gen. 41, 15
      • .

  • Sumne wísne man and glǽwne

    a discreet and wise man,

    • 33
      • .

  • Ðá ongan he mid gleáwe móde þencean and smeágean

    cœpitque sagaci animo conjicere,

    • Bd. 3, 10
      • ;
    • S. 534, 20
      • .

  • Nis nǽnig swá gleáw

    there is none so skilful,

    • Cd. 221
      • ;
    • Th. 286, 10
      • ;
    • Sat. 350
      • :
    • Exon. 11 a
      • ;
    • Th. 14, 17
      • ;
    • Cri. 220
      • :
    • 120 b
      • ;
    • Th. 463, 27
      • ;
    • Hö. 76
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2992
      • ;
    • An. 1499
      • .

  • Sum biþ leóþa gleáw

    one is skilled in songs,

    • Exon. 79 a
      • ;
    • Th. 296, 16
      • ;
    • Crä. 52
      • :
    • 79 b
      • ;
    • Th. 298, 33
      • ;
    • Crä. 94
      • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103
      • ;
    • Met. 1, 52
      • .

  • Ǽcraftig gleáw geþances

    cunning in the law, wise of thought,

    • Cd. 212
      • ;
    • Th. 262, 13
      • ;
    • Dan. 743
      • .

  • Swá him se gleáwa bebeád Gregorius

    as the wise Gregory commanded him,

    • Menol. Fox 198
      • ;
    • Men. 100
      • .

  • Þurh gleáwne geþanc

    by skilful thought,

    • Cd. 52
      • ;
    • Th. 66, 3
      • ;
    • Gen. 1078
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 67, 12
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 1185
      • ;
    • El. 594
      • .

  • Ic andette écne Drihten ðæne goodan God forðan ic hine gleáwne wát

    confitemini Domino quoniam bonus,

    • Ps. Th. 106, 1
      • :
    • 117, 1
      • .

  • Ioseph se ðe gingst wæs hys gebróðra and eác gleáwra ofer hí ealle

    Joseph who was youngest of his brethren and wise beyond them all,

    • Ors. 1, 5
      • ;
    • Bos. 28, 8
      • .

  • He wæs on ðám dagum gleáwast to wíge

    he was in those days the most expert man in war,

    • 4, 1
      • ;
    • Bos. 77, 8
      • .

  • On gecynde se gleáwesta man

    vir natura sagacissimus,

    • Bd. 2, 9
      • ;
    • S. 512, 13
      • .

  • Hwilc ðære geógoþe gleáwost wǽre

    which of the youth were most skilful,

    • Cd. 176
      • ;
    • Th. 221, 1
      • ;
    • Dan. 81
      • .
Etymology
[
Laym. glæuest most skilful
:
O. Sax. glau
:
Goth. glaggwus diligent
:
Icel. glöggr
:
Scot. gleg quick of perception
:
O. H. Ger. glaw
:
Ger. glau.
]
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v.  glǽw gléw.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GLEÁW.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17191.

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