Gleowian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gleowian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: gliowian, gliwian, glywian; Related words:

Definitions

1 gleowian

p. ode; pp. od To play on an instrument, sing, joke, jest, act the gleeman or buffoon; fidicinare, jocari, scurrari, scurram agere :-- Ðá ongan se wísdóm gliowian then wisdom began to sing, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 6. Ðæt ǽnig preóst ne gliwige that no priest act the gleeman, L. Edg. C. 58; Th. ii. 256, 16. He sumu þing ætgædere mid him sprecende and gleowiende wæs ðe ðǽr ǽr inne wǽron cum ibidem positi aliqua, una cum eis qui ibidem ante inerant, loquerentur ac jocarentur, Bd. 4, 24; S. 598, 34. Mádena glywiendra juvencularum tympanistriarum, Ps. Spl. 67, 27. [Laym. gleowien to chant, play: A. R. gleowede was merry.] gleowian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᛇᚹᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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