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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gle-man, n. [ME. gleeman, OE. gléoman.] A gleeman, minstrel. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxvi. 103.
Na menstralis playit to thame but dowt, for glemen thair wer haldin owt