gleg

[ gleg ]

adjective

, Scot.

1. quick; keen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleg¹

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

Example Sentences

We were unco gleg to win hame when a' this was dune, an' after steekin' the door, to sit an' birsle oor taes at the bit blaze.

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He's as gleg as M'Keachen's elshin, that ran through sax plies o' bend-leather into the king's heel.

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Any boy more 'gleg at the uptak' would have met his parents half-way, and eased their burden.

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Oh, Malcolm, I sat and marvelled at ye—so gleg ye took him up.

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A' the Morays are gleg, and yon marquis has an ee like a hawk.'

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