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
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
The dougheti Dogglas on a stede, he rode alle his men beforne; His armor glytteryde as dyd a glede; a boldar barne was never born.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Frank Sidgwick
My eyes with tears against the fire striving, Whose scorching glede my heart to cinders turneth: But with those drops, the flame again reviving Still more and more it to my torment burneth.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
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
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