gleg

[ gleg ]

/ glɛg /

quick; keen.

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

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

And they warna lost upon her, for she had aye a gleg ee for a horse.
Heather and Snow|George MacDonald
A' the Morays are gleg, and yon marquis has an ee like a hawk.'
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald
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

单词	gleg
释义	gleg [ gleg ] / glɛg / adjective Scot. quick; keen. 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 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gleg And they warna lost upon her, for she had aye a gleg ee for a horse. Heather and Snow\|George MacDonald A' the Morays are gleg, and yon marquis has an ee like a hawk.' Robert Falconer\|George MacDonald 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
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