glede
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɡliːd/
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old English glēd.
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
glede (plural gledes)
- A live coal, an ember.
- 1955: It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it. — JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Old English glida, akin to Icelandic gleetha/gleea, Swedish glada. Compare glide.
Noun [edit]
glede (plural gledes)
- Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
Anagrams [edit]
Dutch [edit]
Verb [edit]
glede
Anagrams [edit]
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse gleði.
Noun [edit]
glede
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of glede
References [edit]
- “glede” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɡlêde/
- Hyphenation: gle‧de
Adverb [edit]
glȅde (Cyrillic spelling гле̏де)
- (with genitive) as regards, concerning