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gleg

[ gleg ]
/ glɛg /

adjective Scot.

quick; keen.

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Origin of gleg

1250–1300; Middle English <Old Norse gløggr; cognate with Old English glēaw,Old Saxon, Old High German glau wise; akin to glow

Words nearby gleg

gleeman, gleenie, gleesome, gleet, gleety, gleg, Gleichschaltung, Gleipnir, Gleiwitz, gleization, glen
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