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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"O Gilian!" she said helplessly, "you are far from gleg."
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
"Gae back and awa, for this my will is, My mither lies gleg wi' half-closed ee, And bids me beware of faithless billies, Who will steal my heart and awa frae me flee."
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
"I said the good-wife was gleg; I'm just as gleg myself."
From John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Munro, Neil
The wa's are thin and ears are gleg.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Leighton, Alexander
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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