gladdon

English

Noun

gladdon (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of gladen (“sword grass”)
   • 1962, J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Sea-Bell"

     Alders were sleeping, and willows weeping

     by a slow river of rippling weeds;

     gladdon-swords guarded the fords,

     and green spears, and arrow-reeds.