Definition of "glede"

glede¹

/ɡliːd/

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

glede²

/ɡliːd/

noun
plural gledes
1. A live coal; an ember.
  Quotations
  His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes.
  1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water]
  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.
  1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring [Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Council of Elrond]