gleg
Americanadjective
Etymology
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
Example Sentences
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"A'm no' sae gleg on the subject o' sin as some fowk I ken."
From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.
And the last was all life, as gleg as an eel.
From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various
"O Gilian!" she said helplessly, "you are far from gleg."
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
I could not imagine, gleg as I generally am, what had happened; so came round about the far end of the counter, with my spectacles on, to see what it was, when, lo and behold!
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth
A thief sae pawkie is my Jean, To steal a blink, by a’ unseen; But gleg as light are lovers’ een, When kind love is in the e’e.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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