glede
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Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
gledesgledgleadgleed
- 1.
Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
- 2.
A live coal; an ember.
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.
Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English glede, from Old English glida, from *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; akin to gleða, glada. Compare glide.