glede

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡliːd/

Etymology 1

From Old English glēd.

Alternative forms

• gleed

Noun

glede (plural gledes)

1. 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

From Old English glida, akin to Icelandic gleetha/gleea, Swedish glada. Compare glide.

Noun

glede (plural gledes)

1. Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.

Anagrams

• gleed
• ledge

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Dutch

Verb

glede

1. singular past subjunctive of glijden

Anagrams

• gelde, gleed, legde

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse gleði.

Noun

glede

1. happiness, joy

Inflection

    Inflection of glede

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål f	glede	gleda	gleder	gledene
Bokmål m	glede	gleden	gleder	gledene
Nynorsk f	glede [gleda]	gleda	gleder [gledor]	gledene [gledone]

References

• “glede” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡlêde/
• Hyphenation: gle‧de

Adverb

glȅde (Cyrillic spelling гле̏де)

1. (with genitive) as regards, concerning