- glíw
- n (-es/-u) glee, pleasure, mirth, play, sport; music; mockery
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
glíw
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gliwæ̅n — s. gliwēn; … Germanisches Wörterbuch
gléo — see glíw … Old to modern English dictionary
gléow — 1. see glíw; 2. past 3rd sing of glówan … Old to modern English dictionary
gléow- — see gléaw , glíw … Old to modern English dictionary
glíg — see glíw … Old to modern English dictionary
glee — (n.) O.E. gliu, gliw entertainment, mirth, jest, play, sport, presumably from a P.Gmc. *gleujam but absent in other Germanic languages except for the rare O.N. gly joy; probably related to GLAD (Cf. glad). A poetry word in Old English and Middle… … Etymology dictionary
gliwēn — *gliwēn, *gliwæ̅n germ.?, schwach. Verb: nhd. glänzen; ne. shine (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: an.; Hinweis: s. *gliwa ; Etymologie: s. ing. *g̑ʰlei , Verb, glänzen … Germanisches Wörterbuch
ghleu- — ghleu English meaning: to be joyful, to joke Deutsche Übersetzung: “fröhlich sein, scherzen” Note: extension from ghel “cry” or ghel “gleam”? Material: Gk. χλεύη f. “ joke, derision “; O.Ice. glȳ n. “pleasure, joy”, O.E. glēo … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
