gled

See also: glêd

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gled

1. simple past of gli
2. simple past of glide

Alternative forms

• glei

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glōdiz (“incandescence, glowing ember, burning ash”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gleed (“burning coal, ember”), Saterland Frisian Gloud (“blaze, fire”), Dutch gloed (“glow, blaze”), German Glut (“ember”), Scots glude (“glow from a fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡleːd/

Noun

glēd f

1. burning or live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame, spark

Descendants

• Middle English: gleede, glede
  • English: gleed, glede

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gléd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Scots

Etymology 1

From Early Scots gled, gledd, from Old Norse gleða. Cognate with Old English glida, English glede.

Noun

gled (plural gleds)

1. The red kite (Milvus milvus)
2. A hawk, harrier, or other bird of prey
3. A greedy person
4. A predator or plunderer

Etymology 2

From Early Scots glaid, glad, from Old English glæd (“bright; clear”) and Old Norse glaðr (“smooth; happy”).

Adjective

gled (comparative mair gled, superlative maist gled)

1. glad
2. Of the sky: clear, cloudless
3. smooth, easy in motion, without much friction

Derived terms

• gledly
• gledness
• gledsome

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːd

Verb

gled

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of glida.