glee vs weal

glee

noun
  • Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. 

  • Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. 

  • An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry. 

verb
  • To sing a glee (unaccompanied part song). 

weal

noun
  • Specifically, the general happiness of a community, country etc. (often with qualifying word). 

  • Boon, benefit. 

  • A raised, longitudinal wound, usually purple, on the surface of flesh caused by a stroke of a rod or whip; a welt. 

  • Welfare, prosperity. 

verb
  • To mark with stripes; to wale. 

How often have the words glee and weal occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )