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Glebe vs Glede - What's the difference?

glebe | glede |

As nouns the difference between glebe and glede

is that glebe is turf; soil; ground; sod while glede is a live coal, an ember.

glebe

English

(wikipedia glebe)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Turf; soil; ground; sod.
  • * 1768,
    • Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield,
    Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke
  • (historical) In medieval Europe, an area of land, belonging to a parish, whose revenues contributed towards the parish expenses.

    • Usage notes

    * A number of places are named Glebe .

    Derived terms

    * glebe-house * glebe-land

    glede

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * gleed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A live coal, an ember.
  • * 1955': 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. — JRR Tolkien, ''The Fellowship of the Ring

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) glida, akin to Icelandic gleetha/gleea, Swedish glada. Compare (glide).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus .

    • Anagrams

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