gleed

American  

[gleed] / glid /

noun

Archaic.

1. a glowing coal.

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gleed British  

/ ɡliːd /

noun

1. archaic a burning ember or hot coal

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Etymology

Origin of gleed

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

Example Sentences

‘And last they’ll turn me in your arms Into the burning gleed; Then throw me into well water, O throw me in wi’ speed.

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank

Now of me wotteth God 2650 That to me is much liefer that that, my lyke-body, With my giver of gold the gleed should engrip.

From The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats by Anonymous

He neither kissed her when he cam'   Nor clappit her when he gaed; And in and out at her bower window,   The moon shone like the gleed.

From David Elginbrod by MacDonald, George

"Not a gleed of fire, then, except the bit kindling peat, and maybe a spunk in Mysie's cutty-pipe," replied Caleb.

From The Bride of Lammermoor by Scott, Walter, Sir

‘O gin my hands had been loose, Willy, Sae hard as they are boun’, 75 I would have turn’d me frae the gleed, And castin out your young son.’

From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank