glede

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 2 Norwegian 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gli:d/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English glēd.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• gleed

[edit] 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

[edit] Etymology 2

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

[edit] Noun

glede (plural gledes)

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

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Noun

glede m. (definite singular gleden; indefinite plural gleder; definite plural gledene)

1. happiness, joy