Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glede

/ɡliːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glede
IPA: /ɡliːd/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.

noun

A live coal; an ember.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: glede, glida, *glidā, *glidǭ, gleede, glēd

Inflected Forms

gledes (plural) gled (alternative) glead (alternative) gleed (alternative)

Rhymes With

need read lead speed agreed spread indeed port said feed we'd seed succeed

Questions

How do you pronounce glede?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡliːd/.
What does glede mean?: Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
Where does glede come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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