The cruel ire, red as any glede.
Chaucer.
Glee (gl), n. [OE. gle, gleo, AS. gleÛw, gleÛ, akin to Icel. gl: cf.
Gr. chley`n joke, jest.] 1. Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. Joy; merriment; mirth; gayety; paricularly, the mirth enjoyed at a
feast. Spenser.
3. (Mus.) An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices. It
is not necessarily gleesome.
Gleed (gld), n. [AS. gld, fr. glwan to glow as a fire; akin to D.
gloed, G. glut, Icel. gl. See Glow, v. i.] A live or glowing coal; a
glede. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow.
Glee"ful (?), a. Merry; gay; joyous. Shak.
Gleek (?), n. [Prob. fr. Icel. leika to play, play a trick on, with the
prefix ge-; akin to AS. gelcan, Sw. leka to play, Dan. lege.]