glew

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡluː/ (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): /ɡlɪʊ̯/ Homophone: glue (not in Wales) === Etymology 1 === Either formed on the analogy of know, grow (and other verbs which are now weak in the standard such as crow, mow) or inherited from Middle English glew, glewe (“glowed”), in turn from Old English glēow (“glowed”), past tense of Old English glōwan (“to glow”). ==== Verb ==== glew (dialectal) simple past of glow === Etymology 2 === From Middle English glew, glu, etc. ==== Noun ==== glew (countable and uncountable, plural glews) Obsolete form of glue. Obsolete form of solder, used in alchemy. === References === == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *gliwa, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵley- (“to rush, attack”). Cognate with Irish gleo (“quarrel”) and Welsh glew (“brave”). === Adjective === glew (comparative glewwa) intense, sharp, vivid Synonym: tynn ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French glu, from Late Latin glūs, from Latin glūten, from Proto-Italic *gloiten. ==== Alternative forms ==== glu, glue, glewe, gleu, glowe, glyw, glyu, gleuwe, gluwe ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡliu̯/ ==== Noun ==== glew (plural glewes) A adhesive or adherent; something that binds: glue; a substance designed to adhere two things together. birdlime; a trap or capturing mechanism. A tar or resin; any natural adherent. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: glue Scots: glue ==== References ==== “gleu, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-1. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== glew alternative form of gleu === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== glew alternative form of glewen (“to play music, have fun”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Verb ==== glew alternative form of glewen (“to glue”) == Welsh == === Etymology === Cognate with Cornish glew (“keen, sharp”), Old Irish gléo (“struggle”), from Proto-Celtic *gliwā, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵley- (“to rush, attack”). Cognate with Old English glēaw (“wise, prudent”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (North Wales) /ɡleːu̯/, (South Wales) /ɡlɛu̯/ Rhymes: -ɛu̯ === Adjective === glew (feminine singular glew, plural glewion, equative glewed, comparative glewach, superlative glewaf) brave, bold ==== Synonyms ==== (brave): gwrol, dewr ==== Derived terms ==== glewder === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “glew”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies