Middle English Dictionary Entry
glāde n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | glāde n.(1) Also glode, glede. |
| Etymology | ?OE *glǣd, *glād bright place; cp. glæd adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bright space, an open space; ?also, an open or cleared space in a forest; (b) ?a bright patch of sky; (c) ?a bright surface of snow.
Associated quotations
a
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2181 : Þenne he boȝez to þe berȝe..Hit hade a hole on þe ende and on ayþer syde, And ouer-growen with gresse in glodes aywhere.
- c1400 Wit & W.(Cmb Res.b.162)D/6 : One gleme ouer glade gloppenes ham alle.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)1334 : Þan bowes he to the baistall..Gedirs of ilk glode grettir & smallire.
- a1500(c1386) St.Erk.(Hrl 2250)75 : So was þe glode within [the tomb] gay, al with golde payntyde.
b
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)79 : As bornyst syluer þe lef onslydez..Quen glem of glodez agaynz hem glydez.
c
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)2266 : Gawayn on þat giserne glyfte hym bysyde, As hit com glydande adoun on glode hym to schende.
2.
In surnames & place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.202-4].
Associated quotations
- (1131-41) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)124 : Gledele.
- (1176) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)125 : Gladelaia.
- (c1179) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)102 : Gladethorp.
- (c1200) Doc.Ireland in RS 5326 : Walterus Gladehus.
- (1275) in Löfvenberg ME Local Surnames77 : Ric. in the Glade.
- (1275) Pleas Som.in Som.RS 4115 : Richard Glade.
- (1292) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)102 : Gledthorp.
- (1327) Sub.R.Lei.in AASRP 19.2254 : Ricardus Glademan.
- (1346) Feudal Aids 2289 : Walterus Glode.
- (1397) EPNSoc.17 (Not.)102 : Glodethorp.
- (1499) EPNSoc.3 (Bedf.& Hnt.)125 : Gledeley.