gleeman

Example Sentences

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If he does as well as he used to do, Frank Moulan will get in some heavy dramatic licks as the gleeman with the croak of a frog-o.

From Time Magazine Archive

Strong is the Knight of Trony, and oft in battle tried, But stronger yet the warrior who sits him there beside, Folker, the valiant gleeman; he is a dangerous man.

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

List to the valiant gleeman; he gives you good advice; To your quarters, knights of Kriemhild!

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

The reader need hardly be reminded that the minstrel of the middle ages was commonly jester, gleeman and story-teller all in one and in these several capacities was allowed the utmost license of speech.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

“It is a sapphire, and of great worth,” said the gleeman examining it.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster