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glade
English
Etymology
From Middle English glade (“A gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), also glode, glede, from Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?le?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Noun
glade (plural glades)
- An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
- 2003, Newsweek, Travel: In The Trees, Nov 23, 2003
- […] are creating more "glades," or cleared trails through the woods, for less experienced (blue) skiers. They're a throwback to the first days of skiing, before resorts cut wide swaths of trees, and machines rolled and packed the snow.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 22
- […] and meads and glades so eternally vernal, that the grass shot up by the spring, untrodden, unwilted, remains at midsummer.
- 2003, Newsweek, Travel: In The Trees, Nov 23, 2003
- (colloquial) An everglade.
- An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
- A bright surface of ice or snow.
- (obsolete) A gleam of light.
- (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:glade.
Synonyms
- (cleared space in a forest): clearing
Derived terms
- gladed
- moonglade
- sunglade
Translations
References
Anagrams
- galed, glead
Middle English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?la?d/
Etymology 1
From Old English glæd.
Alternative forms
- glode, glede
Noun
glade (plural glades)
- a bright space, an open space.
Descendants
- English: glade
References
- “gl?de, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse sólarglaðan.
Noun
glade (plural glades)
- setting of the sun
Descendants
- Yola: glaade, glade
References
- “gl?de, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
glade
- definite singular of glad
- plural of glad
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
glade
- definite singular of glad
- plural of glad
Swedish
Adjective
glade
- absolute definite natural masculine form of glad.
Yola
Noun
glade
- Alternative form of glaade
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glede
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?li?d/
- Rhymes: -i?d
Etymology 1
From Old English gl?d. More at gleed.
Alternative forms
- gleed
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
Anagrams
- degel, edgel, gleed, ledge, leged
Dutch
Verb
glede
- (archaic) singular past subjunctive of glijden
Anagrams
- gelde, gleed, legde
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gleði.
Noun
glede f or m (definite singular gleda or gleden, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)
- happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure
References
- “glede” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse gleði.
Noun
glede f (definite singular gleda, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene)
- happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure
References
- “glede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lêde/
- Hyphenation: gle?de
Adverb
gl?de (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- (with genitive) as regards, concerning
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