glede
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of glede
Old English glida; related to Old Norse gletha, Middle Low German glede
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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
For example, the vulture of the former book is in the latter called the glede; and there are many similar variations, in different parts of the Old Testament, in regard to the others.
From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Michael Russell
His baþ scal bon wallinde. his bað scal bon berninde glede.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
Here grebe and gull and heavy glede Passed eastward far away, The while the wind, with slackened speed, Drooped with the dying Day.
From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Henry Kendall
Groweth glede, and bloweth mead, And springeth wood anew.’
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
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