gled

== English == === Noun === gled (plural gleds) Alternative form of glede. === Anagrams === geld == Middle English == === Adjective === gled alternative form of glad == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === gled simple past of gli simple past of glide ==== Alternative forms ==== glei == 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/ Rhymes: -eːd === Noun === glēd f burning or live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame, spark ==== Declension ==== Strong i-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: glede, gleedeEnglish: glede, glead, gleedScots: gleed, gleid === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gléd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Early Scots gled, gledd, from Old Norse gleða. Cognate with Old English glida, English glede. ==== Noun ==== gled (plural gleds) The red kite (Milvus milvus) A hawk, harrier, or other bird of prey A greedy person 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) glad Of the sky: clear, cloudless smooth, easy in motion, without much friction ===== Derived terms ===== gledly gledness gledsome == Swedish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːd === Verb === gled past indicative of glida