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gleg

  [gleg]
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–adjective Scot.
quick; keen.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < ON gløggr; c. OE glēaw, OS, OHG glau wise; akin to glow
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gleg   (glěg)   
adj.   Scots
Alert and quick to respond.

[Middle English, clear-sighted, from Old Norse glöggr; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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