gleaw

gleaw

1. alternative form of gleu (“knowledgeable”)

From Proto-West Germanic *glauw, cognate with Old High German glau, Old Saxon glau, Old Norse glǫggr, gløggr.

• IPA^(key): /ɡlæ͜ɑːw/

glēaw (comparative glēawra, superlative glēawast or glēawest or glēawost)

1. wise, prudent
   • 10th century, The Wanderer:

     Onġietan sċeal glēaw hæle · hū gǣstlīċ bið,
     þonne ealle þisse worulde wela · wēste stondeð;

     A wise man must understand how spiritual it is
     when all wealth of this world stands empty;

• Middle English: gleu, glæu, gleaw, glew