† gloden.
Obsolete. rare.
1.
a. ? A place free from brushwood. (Cf. glade n.2 1.)
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2181 Hit [a hill] hade a hole on þe ende & on ayþer syde, & ouer-growen with gresse in glodes ay-where.
b. = glade n.2 1b (Cf. the place-name Cockglode = cock-glade n.)
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > place for catching birds
cockshoot1353
cock-glade1574
cock-roada1613
glade1617
glodea1625
finchery1887
a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) v. iv. 53 'Bless me: what Thing is this? two Pinacles, Upon her pate! Is't not a glode to catch Wood-cocks?
2. ? A bright place in the sky; a flash of light; = glade n.2 2.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > a light or bright patch in the sky
glodec1400
glade1558
streak1597
under-bright1824
storm-light1843
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 79 Quen glem of glodez agaynz hem [the leaves] glydez, Wyth schymeryng schene ful schrylle þay schynde.
3. (Meaning uncertain: perhaps a misreading.)
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a1400–50 Alexander 1334 Þan bowes he to þe baistall & brymly it semblis, Gedirs of ilk glode grettir & smallire, And prekis furth with his pray.
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