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Glode vs Glede - What's the difference?

glode | glede |

As a verb glode

is (archaic) (glide).

As a noun glede is

a live coal, an ember or glede can be any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, milvus milvus .

glode

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (glide).
  • * 1817', And we ' glode fast o'er a pellucid plain / Of waters, azure with the noontide day. — Shelley, ‘Laon and Cythna’

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    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 .

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