glade
/ɡleɪd/ · noun
Meaning
- An open passage through a wood; a grassy open or cleared space in a forest.
- An everglade.
- An open space in the ice on a river or lake.
- A bright surface of ice or snow.
- A gleam of light.
- A bright patch of sky; the bright space between clouds.
- A surname.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English glade, glode, glede (“a gleam of light, bright space, an open space; an open or cleared space in a forest; a bright patch of sky; a bright surface of snow or ice”), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English *glǣd, *glād, related to Old English glæd (“shining, bright”), (compare Old Norse glaðr (“bright”)).
- glaðr(Old Norse)→
- glæd(Old English)→
- *glǣd(ang)→
- glade(Middle English)→
- glade (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, cog, cog
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