glede

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡliːd/
  • Rhymes: -iːd

Etymology 1

From Old English glēd.

Alternative forms

Noun

glede (plural gledes)

  1. 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 gleetha/gleea, Swedish glada. Compare glide.

Noun

glede (plural gledes)

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

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Dutch

Verb

glede

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of glijden

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gleði.

Noun

glede f, m (definite singular gleda or gleden, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)

  1. happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gleði.

Noun

glede f (definite singular gleda, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)

  1. happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure

References

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlêde/
  • Hyphenation: gle‧de

Adverb

glȅde (Cyrillic spelling гле̏де)

  1. (with genitive) as regards, concerning
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