gleg

[ gleg ]

/ glɛg /

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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

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.
Penelope's Experiences in Scotland|Kate Douglas Wiggin
He's as gleg as M'Keachen's elshin, that ran through sax plies o' bend-leather into the king's heel.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
Any boy more 'gleg at the uptak' would have met his parents half-way, and eased their burden.
The Golden Age|Kenneth Grahame
Oh, Malcolm, I sat and marvelled at ye—so gleg ye took him up.
The Caged Lion|Charlotte M. Yonge

A' the Morays are gleg, and yon marquis has an ee like a hawk.'
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald