glede
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of glede
Old English glida; related to Old Norse gletha, Middle Low German glede
Example Sentences
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It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that l doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Then came the first glede back and did take a fish, and the second did like-wise.
From A Boy's Ride by Gulielma Zollinger
Even as I did begin to dress the fish," he said, "there came a sound of wings, and I looked up and did behold a glede.
From A Boy's Ride by Gulielma Zollinger
The dougheti Dogglas on a stede He rode aft his men beforne; His armor glytteryde as dyd a glede; A bolder barne was never born.
From Ballad Book by Katherine Lee Bates
And lepte out of the arsoun, As sperk thogh out of glede.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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