Gleed

Pronunciation

• US

Origin

From Middle English gleede, glede, from Old English glēd, glēde ("glowing coal, ember, fire, flame, instrument of torture"), from Proto-Germanic *glōdiz ("incandescence, glowing ember, burning ash"), from Proto-Indo-European *ghlō-, *ghel- ("to shine"). Cognate with Scots gleed ("burning coal, ember"), Eastern Frisian glode ("blaze, fire"), Dutch gloed ("glow, blaze"), German Glut ("ember"), Scots glude ("glow from a fire"). More at glow.

Noun

1. a glowing coal

Anagrams

• glede
• ledge