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English word origin

Etymology of glede

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.

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The source etymologies

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

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

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mentiongledeenm
  • Inherited-form mentionglidaang
  • Inherited-form mention*glidāgmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*glidǭgem-pro
  • Cognate mentiongleðais
  • Cognate mentiongladasv
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A live coal; an ember.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

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.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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