glede

== English == === Alternative forms === gled === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡliːd/ Rhymes: -iːd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English glede, from Old English glida, from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; akin to Icelandic gleða, Swedish glada. Compare glide. ==== Noun ==== glede (plural gledes) Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English gleede, glede, from Old English glēd, glēde (“glowing coal, ember, fire, flame, instrument of torture”), from Proto-West Germanic *glōdi, 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 (“glowing heat”), German Glut (“glowing heat, embers”), Swedish glöd (“embers”), Scots glude (“glow from a fire”). More at glow. ==== Alternative forms ==== glead, gleed ==== Noun ==== glede (plural gledes) A live coal; an ember. 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water], His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes. 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring [Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Council of Elrond], 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. === Anagrams === degel, edgel, gleed, ledge, leged == Dutch == === Verb === glede (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of glijden === Anagrams === gelde, gleed, legde == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English glida, from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; related to gliden. Forms with /ɛ/ are possibly either from an Old English variant *gleoda or due to the influence of Old Norse gleða. ==== Alternative forms ==== glide ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (from glida) /ˈɡlid(ə)/, (with open-syllable lengthening) /ˈɡleːd(ə)/ IPA(key): (from gleoda) /ˈɡlɛd(ə)/, (with open-syllable lengthening) /ˈɡlɛ̞ːd(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== glede (plural gledes) kite (bird of prey) Synonym: kyte ===== Descendants ===== English: glede, glead Scots: gled, gleed ===== References ===== “glēde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English glēd, from Proto-West Germanic *glōdi, from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz; the final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases. ==== Alternative forms ==== gleede ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈɡleːd(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== glede (plural gledes or gleden) A live coal; an ember (by extension) A fire; flames. (figuratively, rare) A strong feeling. ===== Descendants ===== English: glede, glead, gleed Scots: gleed, gleid ===== References ===== “glēde, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == 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 === Verb === glede (present tense gleder, past tense gleda or gledet or gledde, past participle gleda or gledet or gledd) to make happy (reflexive) to enjoy (reflexive) to look forward to === References === “glede” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse gleði. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɡleː(d)ə/ === Noun === glede f (definite singular gleda, indefinite plural gleder, definite plural gledene) happiness, joy, delight, gladness, pleasure ==== Related terms ==== gle gledeleg === References === “glede” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡleː.de/ Rhymes: -eː.de === Noun === glēde inflection of glēd: nominative plural accusative singular/plural genitive/dative singular == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡlêde/ Hyphenation: gle‧de === Adverb === glȅde (Cyrillic spelling гле̏де) as regards, concerning [with genitive]