gleed

[ gleed ]

nounArchaic.

a glowing coal.

Origin of gleed

before 950; Middle English gleed(e), Old English glēd; cognate with German Glut,Old Norse glōth; akin to glow

Words Nearby gleed

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How to use gleed in a sentence

Many a man I saw wounded go on those gleed-strewed paths; their faces seemed to me all reddened with reeking blood.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
The jingling gold, and the gleed-red treasure, those rings, shall be thy bane.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre Sturleson
To shoot and dine with him was to see gleed at his very best.
Peccavi | E. W. Hornung
Wilton gleed could not face the immediate hole in his profits.
Peccavi | E. W. Hornung
gleed shrugged again, but this time there was no accompanying smile.
Peccavi | E. W. Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for gleed

gleed

/ (ɡliːd) /

noun

archaic, or dialect a burning ember or hot coal

Origin of gleed

Old English glēd; related to German Glut, Dutch gloed, Swedish glöd

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