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

Myne eyes with teares against the fire stryuing, With scorching gleed my hart to cynders turneth; But with those drops the coles againe reuyuing, Still more and more vnto my torment burneth.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

‘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

"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

Their love grows and increases continually; but the one feels shame before the other; and each conceals and hides this love so that neither flame nor smoke is seen from the gleed beneath the ashes.

From Cliges; a romance by Gardiner, Laetitia Jane

A minuit more in this gleed, an’ some o’ us may niver leave it alive.”

From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne