Glede

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É¡liːd/
• Rhymes: -iːd

From Old English glēd.

Alternative forms

• gleed

Full definition of glede

Noun

1. A live coal, an ember.
• 1955: It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it. — JRR Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

From Old English glida, akin to Icelandic gleetha/gleea, Swedish glada. Compare glide.

Noun

1. Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.

Anagrams

• gleed
• ledge