See gleu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "glēaw"
},
"expansion": "Old English glēaw",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*glawwaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *glawwaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English glēaw, from Proto-Germanic *glawwaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "glæu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "gleaw",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "glew",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"10": "{{{3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{sup2}}}",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{comp2}}}",
"9": "",
"f3l": "",
"f5l": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Early Middle English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "49 22 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"knowledgeable, adept, skilled, judicious, kind"
],
"id": "en-gleu-enm-adj-enm:knowledgeable",
"links": [
[
"knowledgeable",
"knowledgeable"
],
[
"adept",
"adept"
],
[
"skilled",
"skilled"
],
[
"judicious",
"judicious"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Middle English) knowledgeable, adept, skilled, judicious, kind"
],
"related": [
{
"word": "glewen"
},
{
"word": "gleowinge"
}
],
"senseid": [
"enm:knowledgeable"
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡlɛu̯/"
}
],
"word": "gleu"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "glew"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of glew"
],
"id": "en-gleu-enm-noun-enm:glue",
"links": [
[
"glew",
"glew#Middle_English"
]
],
"senseid": [
"enm:glue"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "gleu"
}
{
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to play music, have fun",
"word": "glewen"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 31 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 22 58",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "12 11 78",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "enm",
"name": "Emotions",
"orig": "enm:Emotions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of glewen (“to play music, have fun”)"
],
"id": "en-gleu-enm-verb-enm:to_play_music",
"links": [
[
"glewen",
"glewen#Middle_English:_to_play_music"
]
],
"senseid": [
"enm:to play music"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "gleu"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English adjectives",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Emotions"
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "ang",
"3": "glēaw"
},
"expansion": "Old English glēaw",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*glawwaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *glawwaz",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old English glēaw, from Proto-Germanic *glawwaz.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "glæu",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "gleaw",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "glew",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"10": "{{{3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{sup2}}}",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{1}}}",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{comp2}}}",
"9": "",
"f3l": "",
"f5l": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "enm-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "glewen"
},
{
"word": "gleowinge"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Early Middle English"
],
"glosses": [
"knowledgeable, adept, skilled, judicious, kind"
],
"links": [
[
"knowledgeable",
"knowledgeable"
],
[
"adept",
"adept"
],
[
"skilled",
"skilled"
],
[
"judicious",
"judicious"
],
[
"kind",
"kind"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Early Middle English) knowledgeable, adept, skilled, judicious, kind"
],
"senseid": [
"enm:knowledgeable"
],
"tags": [
"Early-Middle-English"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡlɛu̯/"
}
],
"word": "gleu"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Emotions"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "glew"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of glew"
],
"links": [
[
"glew",
"glew#Middle_English"
]
],
"senseid": [
"enm:glue"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "gleu"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Emotions"
],
"etymology_number": "3",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "gleu",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to play music, have fun",
"word": "glewen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of glewen (“to play music, have fun”)"
],
"links": [
[
"glewen",
"glewen#Middle_English:_to_play_music"
]
],
"senseid": [
"enm:to play music"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "gleu"
}
Download raw JSONL data for gleu meaning in Middle English (3.0kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.