Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.
noun
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 I shall be free of the pain of it.