/ɡliːd/
OriginFrom Middle English glede, from Old English glida, from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; akin to Icelandic gleða, Swedish glada. Compare glide.
- Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
- A live coal; an ember.
“1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water],
His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes.”
“1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring [Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Council of Elrond],
It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again”
Formsgledes(plural) · gled(alternative) · glead(alternative) · gleed(alternative)
Source: Wiktionary