glade

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“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”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡleɪd/ Rhymes: -eɪd === Noun === glade (plural glades) An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest. Synonym: clearing Coordinate terms: meadow, leigh, ley, lea (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. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === galed, glead == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlaːd(ə)/ === Etymology 1 === Possibly from Old English *glǣd, *glād (“bright place”), compare Old English glæd. ==== Alternative forms ==== glode, glede ==== Noun ==== glade (plural glades) A bright space, an open space. ===== Descendants ===== English: glade Yola: gladès ===== References ===== “glāde, 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 ===== “glāde, 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 == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑ.de/ === Adjective === glade inflection of glæd: strong accusative feminine singular strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural weak nominative feminine/neuter singular weak accusative neuter singular == Swedish == === Adjective === glade definite natural masculine singular of glad == Yola == === Noun === glade alternative form of glaade === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 41