glede
gled (ɡlɛd)
/ (ɡliːd) /
noun
a former Brit name for the red kite: See kite 1 (def. 4)
Origin of glede
1Old English glida; related to Old Norse gletha, Middle Low German glede
Words Nearby glede
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How to use glede in a sentence
It is indeed in consequence of this flight that it has been called the glede, the word being derived from its gliding movements.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodAnd the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodWhether the word raah, which is translated as glede in Deut.
Bible Animals; | J. G. WoodWhen the glede's in the blue cloud, / The laverock lies still; / When the hound's in the green wood, / The hind keeps the hill.
A cinnamon fly, with glede wings mixed with jungle cock, and ribbed with gold.
Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. | William Blacker
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