glede
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English glēd. More at gleed.
Alternative forms
Noun
glede (plural gledes)
- A live coal, an ember or molten metallic bead such that skids or slides across a cooler surface.
- 1937: His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes. — JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water]
- 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 [Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Council of Elrond]
Etymology 2
From Old English glida, akin to Icelandic gleða, Swedish glada. Compare glide.
Noun
glede (plural gledes)
- Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
Translations
Milvus milvus
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Dutch
Verb
glede
Anagrams
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
glede f or m (definite singular gleda or gleden, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)
References
- “glede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
glede f (definite singular gleda, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)
References
- “glede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Adverb
glȅde (Cyrillic spelling гле̏де)
- (with genitive) as regards, concerning
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