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glee-beam

noun

Etymology

Calque of Old English glēobēam (“harp”, literally “joy-wood”), equivalent to glee + beam.

  1. inherited from bēamian
  2. inherited from bemen
  3. derived from *bʰew-✻ — “to grow, swell”
  4. inherited from *baumaz✻ — “tree, beam, balk”
  5. inherited from *baum✻
  6. inherited from bēam — “tree, cross, gallows, column, pillar, wood, beam, splint, post, stock, rafter, piece of wood”
  7. inherited from beem
  8. formed as glee-beam — “glee + beam”

Definitions

  1. A harp.

    • "[…] So we do him service gladly, thronging round our noble king, While the glee-beams at the banquet with the Scêfing's praises ring."
    • That man may sing and declare many things. A marvel of wisdom is hidden in his heart. Another with his fingers may loudly strike the harp, stir the glee-beam for the joy of his companions.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA