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Webster 1913 Edition

Gleed

Gleed

(glēd)
,
Noun.
[AS.
glēd
, fr.
glōwan
to glow as a fire; akin to D.
gloed
, G.
glut
, Icel.
glōð
. See
Glow
,
Verb.
I.
]
A live or glowing coal; a glede.
[Archaic]
Chaucer. Longfellow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gleed

GLEED

,
Noun.
A glowing coal.

Definition 2024

gleed

gleed

English

Noun

gleed ‎(plural gleeds)

  1. a glowing coal

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːt

Verb

gleed

  1. singular past indicative of glijden

Anagrams

Etymology

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 *ǵʰelh₃- ‎(“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gleed ‎(“burning coal, ember”), Saterland Frisian Gloud ‎(“blaze, fire”), Dutch gloed ‎(“glow, blaze”), German Glut ‎(“ember”), Scots glude ‎(“glow from a fire”). More at glow.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːd

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