glade
English
/ɡleɪd/
noun
Definitions
- An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
- (colloquial) An everglade.
- An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
- A bright surface of ice or snow.
- (obsolete) A gleam of light.
- (obsolete) A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glāde, glade (an open space, a bright patch of sky, A gleam of light, bright space, an open cleared space in a forest, a bright surface of snow ice) inherited from Old English glæd (bright, shining, glad, cheerful, clear).
Origin
Old English
glæd
Gloss
bright, shining, glad, cheerful, clear
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gladeville English
- gladelike English
- glady English
- moon English
- moonglade English
- sun English
- sunglade English
- glad Norwegian Bokmål
- *gladaz Proto-Germanic
- glad Norwegian Nynorsk
- glæd Old English
- glædlice Old English
- glædmann Old English
- glad Middle English
- glāde, glade Middle English
- glaðr Old Norse
- gleði Old Norse
- glad Danish
- glaður Icelandic
- glaður Faroese
- glaþer Old Swedish