Definition of "glead" [glead]

• A live coal. (noun)

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• "+W+jit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð  {200} alle hare sahen ⁊ þonkeð god ȝeorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren þ̵ he haueð ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel ⁊ werien his castel. ⁊ godes deorewurðe feh. þ̵ is biloke þrinne."
• ""Thou'rt a greedy glead; -- I'se go ask Simon; but I'll warrant thou'lt be hankering after the reward, and the biggest share to thine own clutches.""
• "One wild cry or another was in the lift -- of the hawk, or the glead, or the raven, or the eagle -- or when those fiends slept, of the peaceful heron, and sea-bird by wandering boys pursued in its easy flight, till the snow-white child of ocean wavered away far inland, as if in search of a steadfast happiness unknown on the restless waves."