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gleáwe

  • adverb
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gleáwe, adv.
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with skill
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  • Hé is gleáwest úre gelǽred, and hé mæg þé ealle þá þinc gecýþan þe þú ús ácsost

    he is the best instructed of us, and he can tell you all the things you ask us,

      H. R. 11, 9.
with prudence
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  • Guman . . . gleáwe beþuncan hyra hǽlo,

      Rä. 49, 7.
in the metrical psalter the word occurs with a vaguely favourable meaning. Cf. gleáw;
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  • Mé þín se góda gást gleáwe lǽdde, þæt ic on rihtne weg férde,

      Ps. Th. 142, 11.

  • Gé þe on Godes húse gleáwe standað and on cafertúnum Godes húses gearwe syndan

    qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri,

      134, 2.

  • Ic wát and can þæt þú mín God gleáwe wǽre

    agnovi quoniam Deus meus es tu,

      54, 8.

  • Eart þú edneówe, earne gelícast, on geogoðe nú gleáwe geworden,

      102, 5.
Etymology
[Cf. Goth. glaggwaba (-uba) diligently, accurately.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gleáwe.” 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/50913.

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