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GLÉD

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
GLÉD, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§129; §390; §563;
Burning coal, live coal, gleed, ember, fire, flame; pruna, carbo, flamma
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  • Gléd

    pruna,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 30
      • ;
    • Som. 61, 75
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 27, 5
      • :
    • 82, 53
      • .

  • Gléda fýres

    carbones ignis,

    • Ps. Spl. 17, 14
      • :
    • Ps. Th. 17, 12
      • .

  • Swá rícels byþ ðonne hit gléda bærnaþ

    sicut incensum,

    • 140, 2
      • :
    • 119, 4
      • .

  • Ða þegnas stódon æt ðám glédon

    stabunt ministri ad prunas,

    • Jn. Skt. 18, 18
      • :
    • 21, 9
      • .

  • Gloedo

    scintillæ,

    • Rtl. 86, 34
      • .

  • Me is leófre ðæt mínne líchaman gléd fæðmie

    I would rather that fire should embrace my body,

    • Beo. Th. 5298
      • ;
    • B. 2652
      • :
    • 6220
      • ;
    • B. 3114
      • :
    • Exon. 87 b
      • ;
    • Th. 330, 4
      • ;
    • Vy. 46
      • :
    • 108 a
      • ;
    • Th. 412, 23
      • ;
    • Rä. 31, 4
      • .

  • Goldfrætwe gléda forswelgaþ

    flames shall devour the gold ornaments,

    22 b;
    • Th. 62, 4
      • ;
    • Cri. 996
      • .

  • Biþ eal ðes ginne grund gléda gefylled

    all this spacious earth shall be filled with gleeds,

    • 116 a
      • ;
    • Th. 445, 24
      • ;
    • Dóm. 12
      • :
    • Elen. Kmbl. 2601
      • ;
    • El. 1302
      • .

  • Glédum spíwan

    to spit forth flames,

    • Beo. Th. 4614
      • ;
    • B. 2312
      • :
    • 4659
      • ;
    • B. 2335
      • .
Etymology
[
O. Frs. gléd
:
Icel. glóð; f. red-hot embers
:
O. H. Ger. gluot pruna
:
Ger. gluth
:
and cf. O. Sax. glód-welo.
]
Linked entries
v.  ge-gléded gloed gléde.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GLÉD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17203.

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  • GLÉD, n.

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