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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

_yngleymyn_, visco, invisco.” (Prompt. Parv.)
  Glayre, glare, amber, A. 1026. A.S. _glære_, amber. O.N. _gler_. Dan.
    _glar_, glass.
  Glayue, a sword, A. 654. Fr. _glaive_. Lat. _gladius_.
  Gle, joy, glee, A. 95, 1123.
  Glede, kite, B. 1696. A.S. _glída_.
  {Glem, Gleme,} gleam, light, A. 79; brightness, B. 218; _day-glem_,
    daylight, A. 1094; _heven-glem_, heaven light, B. 946.
  Glemande, gleaming, shining, A. 70, 990.
  Glene, glean, gather, A. 955.
  {Glent, Glente,} shone, A. 70, 114, 1026; B. 218. Sc. _glent_,
    _glint_, to gleam. Dan. _glindse_, to glisten; _glindre_, to
    glitter.
      “The schaftes of the schire sone schirkind the cloudis,
      And gods glorious gleme _glent_ tham emannge.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 164.)
  {Glent, Glente,} slipped, fell, A. 671. Sc. _glint_, _glent_, not only
    signifies to gleam, shine, but also to glide, slide. W. _ysglentio_,
    to slide.
      “Glissonand as the glemes þat _glenttes_ of þe snaw.”
        --(T. B. 3067.)
  Glenteȝ, _sb._ looks, A. 1144.
  {Glet, Glette,} dirt, mud, slime, and hence filth, sin, A. 1060;
    B. 306, 573; C. 269. Pl. D. _glett_, slippery. Sc. _glít_, pus. O.N.
    _glæta_, wet.
  Glewed, called, prayed, C. 164. Fr. _glay_, cry.
  Glodeȝ, glades, A. 79.
  Gloped, was terrified, frightened, amazed, B. 849. O.N. _glapa_,
    stare, gaze, gape. O.Fris. _glupa_, to look, peep. Dan. _glippe_,
    to wink. N.Prov.E. _glop_, _gloppen_, to be amazed, to frighten.
      “Bees not _aglopened_ madame ne greved at my fadire.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 30.)
      “Thane _glopned_ the glotone and glorede unfaire.”
        --(Morte Arthure, p. 90.)
      “O, my hart is rysand in a _glope_!
      For this nobylle tythand thou shalle have a droppe.”
        --(Town. Myst. p. 146.)
  Glopnedly, fearfully, B. 896.
  Glory, A. 934; B. 1522.
  {Gloryous, Glorious, Gloryus,} A. 799, 915.
  Glotoun, a wicked wretch, a loose fellow, a ribald, B. 1505.
  Gloumb, look, observe, C. 94. Chaucer uses _glombe_ in the sense of
    looking gloomy, sullen, frowning. It seems to be connected with O.N.
    _glampa_, to glitter, shine. Cf. O.E. _glent_, to shine, and
    _glent_, to look. So also _stare_ signifies not only to look
    steadfastly at, but to shine, glitter.
  Glowed, shone, A. 114. O.N. _gloá_, to glow, burn, shine.
  Glwande, glowing, shining, bright, C. 94.
  Glydande, going, walking, B. 296.
  Glyde, to go, walk, slip along, B. 325, 677, 1590. Pl. D. _gliden_,
    _glien_, slip, glide.
  Glyfte, became frightened, B. 849. Originally to stare, look
    astonished.
      “Þys munke stode ande lokede þarto,
      And hade þerof so moche drede,
      Þat he wende have go to wede:
      As he stode so sore _aglyfte_
      Hys ryȝt hande up he lyfte,
      Ande blessede hym self stedfastly.”
        --(Handlyng Synne, l. 3590.)
    _Gliffe_, in O.E. signifies also to look, shine, glow. Sc. _glevin_,
    to glow; _gliff_, a glimpse; _gliffin_, to wink. Dan. _glippe_, to

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500

_yngleymyn_, visco, invisco.” (Prompt. Parv.)
  Glayre, glare, amber, A. 1026. A.S. _glære_, amber. O.N. _gler_. Dan.
    _glar_, glass.
  Glayue, a sword, A. 654. Fr. _glaive_. Lat. _gladius_.
  Gle, joy, glee, A. 95, 1123.
  Glede, kite, B. 1696. A.S. _glída_.
  {Glem, Gleme,} gleam, light, A. 79; brightness, B. 218; _day-glem_,
    daylight, A. 1094; _heven-glem_, heaven light, B. 946.
  Glemande, gleaming, shining, A. 70, 990.
  Glene, glean, gather, A. 955.
  {Glent, Glente,} shone, A. 70, 114, 1026; B. 218. Sc. _glent_,
    _glint_, to gleam. Dan. _glindse_, to glisten; _glindre_, to
    glitter.
      “The schaftes of the schire sone schirkind the cloudis,
      And gods glorious gleme _glent_ tham emannge.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 164.)
  {Glent, Glente,} slipped, fell, A. 671. Sc. _glint_, _glent_, not only
    signifies to gleam, shine, but also to glide, slide. W. _ysglentio_,
    to slide.
      “Glissonand as the glemes þat _glenttes_ of þe snaw.”
        --(T. B. 3067.)
  Glenteȝ, _sb._ looks, A. 1144.
  {Glet, Glette,} dirt, mud, slime, and hence filth, sin, A. 1060;
    B. 306, 573; C. 269. Pl. D. _glett_, slippery. Sc. _glít_, pus. O.N.
    _glæta_, wet.
  Glewed, called, prayed, C. 164. Fr. _glay_, cry.
  Glodeȝ, glades, A. 79.
  Gloped, was terrified, frightened, amazed, B. 849. O.N. _glapa_,
    stare, gaze, gape. O.Fris. _glupa_, to look, peep. Dan. _glippe_,
    to wink. N.Prov.E. _glop_, _gloppen_, to be amazed, to frighten.
      “Bees not _aglopened_ madame ne greved at my fadire.”
        --(K. Alex. p. 30.)
      “Thane _glopned_ the glotone and glorede unfaire.”
        --(Morte Arthure, p. 90.)
      “O, my hart is rysand in a _glope_!
      For this nobylle tythand thou shalle have a droppe.”
        --(Town. Myst. p. 146.)
  Glopnedly, fearfully, B. 896.
  Glory, A. 934; B. 1522.
  {Gloryous, Glorious, Gloryus,} A. 799, 915.
  Glotoun, a wicked wretch, a loose fellow, a ribald, B. 1505.
  Gloumb, look, observe, C. 94. Chaucer uses _glombe_ in the sense of
    looking gloomy, sullen, frowning. It seems to be connected with O.N.
    _glampa_, to glitter, shine. Cf. O.E. _glent_, to shine, and
    _glent_, to look. So also _stare_ signifies not only to look
    steadfastly at, but to shine, glitter.
  Glowed, shone, A. 114. O.N. _gloá_, to glow, burn, shine.
  Glwande, glowing, shining, bright, C. 94.
  Glydande, going, walking, B. 296.
  Glyde, to go, walk, slip along, B. 325, 677, 1590. Pl. D. _gliden_,
    _glien_, slip, glide.
  Glyfte, became frightened, B. 849. Originally to stare, look
    astonished.
      “Þys munke stode ande lokede þarto,
      And hade þerof so moche drede,
      Þat he wende have go to wede:
      As he stode so sore _aglyfte_
      Hys ryȝt hande up he lyfte,
      Ande blessede hym self stedfastly.”
        --(Handlyng Synne, l. 3590.)
    _Gliffe_, in O.E. signifies also to look, shine, glow. Sc. _glevin_,
    to glow; _gliff_, a glimpse; _gliffin_, to wink. Dan. _glippe_, to

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Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

Early English Alliterative Poems: in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century

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