We know that glade has been with us since at least the early 1500s, though the word's origins remain a bit of a mystery. Glade, which originally was often used not just to indicate a clearing in the woods but one which was also filled with sunlight, may come from the adjective glad. In Middle English, glad also meant "shining," a meaning that goes back to the word's Old English ancestor, glæd. Glæd is akin to Old High German glat ("shining, smooth") and Old Norse glathr ("sunny"). It may also be a relative of Old English geolu, the ancestor of the modern English word yellow.
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Recent Examples on the WebCheck out the rare forest seeps, where water wells up from holes in the ground, as well as the dolomite glade, which is representative of the Ozarks but rare in this particular region. Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 6 June 2019 Cloistered from civilization by a steep 900-foot climb over loose and jutting rock, the glade goes unseen by most everyone but a straggle of hikers on the Appalachian Trail, the 2,180-mile footpath carved into the roofs of 14 eastern states. Earl Swift, Outside Online, 2 Sep. 2015 The visual style shows Shi’s influences ranging from anime to Miyazaki to Chinese watercolors, particularly in gorgeous dream sequences and in the other-worldly bamboo glade that Sun Yee’s spirit inhabits. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2022 In 2020, Brents said, about 50% of all burns open glade and savanna-type landscapes, which created valuable early successional habitat. Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2021 The woodsy walk along a stone wall leads inevitably to ‶Mending Wall,″ the bridge across a small stream to ‶Hyla Brook″ where the family used to picnic in a brookside glade. David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021 Set in an open glade atop the peak for which it's named, LeConte Lodge puts the awe in awesome with what may be the ultimate Smokies view—commanding vistas of over 100 miles on a clear day. Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2021 Braintree Mountain Forest is one of Vermont’s best glade zones. David Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2021 Almost immediately, 600 yards away, a large bull strolled out of a spruce glade. Susan Casey, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2020 See More