Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Glee

Glee (glē) , noun

[Old English gle, gleo, Anglo-Saxon gleów, gleó, akin to Icelandic glȳ: compare Greek {not transcribed} joke, jest.]

1.
Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
2.
Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a feast. — Spenser
3.
(Music) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It is not necessarily gleesome.