gleed
Americannoun
noun
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
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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
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
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
‘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
"I'll bet you they thought we were on board!" gleed Coutlass.
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
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