Middle English Dictionary Entry
glẹ̄d(e n.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | glẹ̄d(e n.(2) Also gleade, (error) glad. Pl. glẹ̄des & (early) glẹ̄den. |
| Etymology | OE glēd |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A live coal or brand, a spark; blouen atte ~, to blow sparks or flame from a burning brand toward a person in sport; brennen to ~, to burn (a corpse) to embers; (b) fig. an ardent emotion or desire; (c) in similes: blasen as a ~, brennen as the ~, glomen as gledes, glouen as a ~, springen as (sparke of) ~, bright as ani ~, hot as ani ~, red as ani ~; etc.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)1067 : O þatt allterr haffdenn þeȝȝ Glowennde gledess ȝarrkedd.
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)27 : He mahte iseon ane berninde glede þet hine al for-bernað þurut to cole.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18863 : Of his [Arthur's] eȝene scullen fleon furene gleden [Otho: furie gledes].
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)109b : Þu schalt..rukelin on his heaued bearninde gleden.
- c1330(?a1300) Arth.& M.(Auch)1500 : Þat oþer dragoun..hadde..Tong so a brenand glede.
- c1380 Firumb.(1) (Ashm 33)2230 : We haue a game in this contray, to blowen atte glede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.548 : That fyr of smale gleedes that ben almoost dede vnder asshen wolen quyke agayn whan they ben touched with brymstoon.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)5.291 : Al þe wikkednesse in þis worlde..Ne is no more to þe mercye of god þan in þe see a glede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)prol.11 : O myghty Mars..Of colour schewyng lyche the fyre glede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5723 : It..may nat waste..Mid þe flawme of many firy glede.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.303 : Of the fir and flaumbe funeral In which my body brennen shal to glede.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)735 : Wry the glede, and hotter is the fyr.
- a1450 St.Editha (Fst B.3)1319 : Þis holy mayde stode & by-hulte How hurre clothus lye..Among þe gledys alle by-swulte.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)3627 : Alexandir..mas to beete all of bras as bernes it ware, And full of glorand gledis þaim to þe gorge fillis.
- c1450(a1375) Octav.(2) (Clg A.2)9/233 : Þe justyce het men schold her lede Out of þe cyte, And brenne anon to smale glede Hem all þre.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Rv.(Manly-Rickert)A.3883 : Foure gleedes haue we..Auauntyng, lyyng, anger, coueitise; Thise foure sparkles longen vnto eelde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.213 : And as the sonne is hoot a-fore þise schoures, So of envie hattere bran the glede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3155 : He was so hote marked in his herte With Louys brond & his fire glede.
c
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)91 : Þat he ne sprong forth so sparke of glede.
- c1330(?c1300) Guy(1) (Auch)488 : Y brenne so spark on glede.
- c1330 KTars (Auch)38/194 : Him þouȝt he brend so spark on glede [Vrn: he spronge as sparkle doþ of glede].
- (?c1375-a1390) Chaucer CT.Mk.(Manly-Rickert)B.3574 : The feeld of snow, with thegle of blak ther inne, Caught with the lymerod coloured as the glede.
- (c1385) Chaucer CT.Kn.(Manly-Rickert)A.1997 : Ther say I first..The cruel ire reed as any gleede.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.39 : I brenne as doth a glede For Wrathe that I mai noght spede.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.295 : Was no cheyne so hie þat he ne sprong ouer als glede.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)2.12 : Red rubyes, as red as any glede.
- c1400(?a1387) PPl.C (Hnt HM 137)20.189 : Þe holy gost gloweþ bote as a glede Til þat loue and by-leyue leelliche to hym blowe.
- (?1406) Hoccl.MR (Hnt HM 111)159 : For shame I wexe as reed as is the gleede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.796 : To make hem brenne, hoot as any glede.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)1667 : The feruent hete of louys folk, brennyng as the glede.
- c1430 Allas for thought (Cmb Gg.4.27)525 : Myn feuere is contynuel..Now hattere than the verray glede, And now as cold..As frost.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)2.949 : With his hand onto a fir he goth, Made it brenne briht as any gleede.
- c1440(a1350) Isumb.(Thrn)452 : He sprange als any sparke one glede.
- c1440(a1400) Awntyrs Arth.(Thrn)393 : He and his gambesouns glomede als gledys [vr. glowede as a glede].
- c1440(?a1400) Morte Arth.(1) (Thrn)117 : The kynge blyschit on the beryn with his brode egh[e]n, þat full brymly for breth brynte as the gledys.
- a1450(a1400) Athelston (Cai 175/96)572 : A gret fyr..was set..Nyne plowȝlengþe on rawe, As red as ony glede.
- a1450(1400) Eche man be war (Dgb 102)110 : Er his soule glowe as glede.
- c1450(c1386) Chaucer LGW Prol.(1) (Benson-Robinson)235 : And in his hand..Twoo firy dartes, as the gledes rede.
- c1450(c1400) Sultan Bab.(Gar 140)205 : Ferumbras..sprange out as a sparkil of glede.
- c1450(?a1405) Lydg.CBK (Frf 16)231 : Hote as glede now sodenly I suete.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.126 : For gret desire þou schuldest..In all thyn herte glowen as a glede.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)23 : She hadde..hire eyen glowynge as gleedes.
- a1500(?a1400) Morte Arth.(2) (Hrl 2252)780 : Forthe he spronge as sparke of glede.
- a1500(?a1475) Guy(4) (Cmb Ff.2.38)262 : Also hote as any glede.
- c1600(c1350) Alex.Maced.(Grv 60)729 : Bright blased his blee as a brend glede.
2.
Pl. or coll.: a bed of burning coals; a fire; hell-fire; at the ~, bi (the) ~, at the fireside, by the fire.
Associated quotations
- a1225(?c1175) PMor.(Lamb 487)218 : His baþ scal bon wallinde [pich]; his bað scab [read: bed scal] bon berninde glede.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)20966 : Þaie ilærede men heo læiden on gleden [Otho: caste in fure].
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)25985 : He droh ut his gleden [Otho: gleade]; his flæsce he gon breden.
- a1250(?c1150) Prov.Alf.(Glb A.19)110/343 : So is mani gadeling..bold bi glede [Jes-O: wlonk bi þe glede] & unwurð at neode.
- a1300 I-hereþ nv one (Jes-O 29)230 : Peter stod myd þon oþre and wermede hym at þe glede.
- a1325(c1280) SLeg.Pass.(Pep 2344)2195 : Þo hi to londe come, hi seye þer hote glede And ffisch þervp hi-ledde.
- a1325 Prov.Hend.(Cmb Gg 1.1)st.19 : 'Este beth owen gledes,' Quod Hending.
- ?c1335 Swet ihc hend (Hrl 913)p.82 : For helle worþ ȝur mede..Bot ȝeu amend, ȝe sul be wend In euer glowind glede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mil.(Manly-Rickert)A.3379 : He sente hir..wafres pipyng hoot out of the glede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.ML.(Manly-Rickert)B.111 : He rekne shal Whan that his tayl shal brennen in the gleede.
- a1400(c1300) NHom.(1) Giezi (Phys-E)p.133 : This es the fende wai, that ledes Til satenases brinnand gledes.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1609 : He..Braydez out þe boweles, brennez hom on glede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.310 : Pirrus..dide make a flawme funeral..of colis hoot & rede; And amyddes þe feruent firy glede..He let hit [the corpse] brenne in-to asshes colde.
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)3370 : Alas, me rewes of Priamus..That Paris made brend In a glede.
- c1440(?a1400) Perceval (Thrn)757 : Now he kyndils a glede; Amonge þe buskes he ȝede And gedirs..Woode, a fyre to make.
- a1450 Castle Persev.(Folg V.a.354)1466 : Þey schul..synke þi sowle to Satanas in gastful glowynge glede.
- c1475 Brm.Abraham (Brm)381 : I woold þat sword wer in a glad [?read: gled; rime: dred].
- a1500 Falm.Squire (Lamb 306)129/197 : The Erthe opened..Smoke and fire ther con oute falle, And many gostis glowinge on glede.
3.
(a) Combs.: ~ fir, a fire of burning coals; ~ ire, a gridiron; ~ red, red as a burning coal, fire-red, red-hot; (b) ?in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.203].
Associated quotations
a
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)10/78 : Euch an bereð..an unrude raketehe gledread of fure.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)16/136 : Hure þolien & abeoren hare unirude duntes..wið hare eawles gledreade.
- ?a1350 Recipe Painting(1) in Archaeol.J.1 (Hrl 2253)65 : Vorte maken iren as hart as stel..pute hit into the fure that hit beo gled red, and thenne anon cast hit into water.
- c1390 SLeg.Cross (Vrn)503 : Vp A Gledeire [Ld: gredire] he leide him seþþe ouer a gret fuir and strong.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)415 : Hit glitered as gled fur.
- a1400 Siege Jerus.(1) (LdMisc 656)1252 : Alle þe place ferde As glowande gledfur.
- ?a1450 Add.Mir.Virg.(Add 39996)p.351 : He made an oven glede rede In despite of god almyght.