glee-beam

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glee-beam

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

noun glee-beams · gleebeam

historical 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."

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@misc{glee_beam_2026,
  title = {glee-beam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glee-beam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}