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gliw

  • noun [ neuter ]
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gliw, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§357;
Glee, joy, minstrelsy, mirth, jesting, drollery; gaudium, musica, facetiæ, mimus
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  • Ðý læs ðe him con leóða worn, oððe mid hondum con hearpan grétan, hafaþ him his gliwes giefe

    unless he knows many songs, or with hands can greet the harp, has his gift of glee,

    • Exon. 91 b
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    • Th. 344, 11
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    • Gn. Ex. 172
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  • Glad wæs ic gliwum

    glad was I in glee,

    • 94 a
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    • Th. 352, 29
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    • Reim. 3
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  • Gumum to gliwe

    for delight to men,

    • 57 b
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    • Th. 207, 9
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    • Ph. 139
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  • Ðæt geára iú gliwes cræfte mid gieddingum guman oft wrecan

    what of yore, by art of minstrelsy, with their lays men oft related,

    • 92 b
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    • Th. 347, 12
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    • Sch. 11
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  • Wynsum gliw

    facetiæ,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 115
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    • Som. 80, 39
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    • Wrt. Voc. 61, 19
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    • Cot. 132
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    • 214
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