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Originally posted by GokuZool:
What does glede mean? It isn't in any of the dictionaries I have. I found the word when I was reading LOTR- The Fellowship of the Ring. It's around page 330..This is what I read..
It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede..
Any ideas [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img] ? My quess is that it is a really old word not used anymore..or most probably a miss print.
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A glede is an archaic word for a hot coal. You are right - it isn't used anymore. It was used during Chaucer's time.
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