Middle English Dictionary Entry
gleu adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | gleu adj. Also gleaw, glæu. |
| Etymology | OE glēaw |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Wise, skillful, clever; prudent, good.
Associated quotations
- c1225(OE) Wor.Aelfric Gloss.(Wor F.174)542/8 : S[agax, uel gna]rus: gleaw.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)16237 : Þer wes þe aðele eorl..cnihten alre glæuest.
- c1275(?c1250) Owl & N.(Clg A.9)193 : He is of dome suþe gleu.
- a1275(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Trin-C B.14.39)114/388 : Þurch saȝe mon is wis, & þurch selþe mon is gleu.
- a1300 Owl & N.(Jes-O 29)193 : He is of worde swyþe glev [rime: vn-þeu].
- c1300 SLeg.(LdMisc 108)261/13 : Þare nas man in no mester so gleu ne so quoynte.