glede

gled (ɡlɛd)

/ (ɡliːd) /

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noun

a former Brit name for the red kiteSee kite 1 (def. 4)

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Word Origin for glede

Old English glida; related to Old Norse gletha, Middle Low German glede

Words nearby glede

gleaning, gleanings, Gleason, gleba, glebe, glede, glee, glee club, gleed, gleeful, gleefully

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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. Wood
And the Glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
Whether the word raah, which is translated as Glede in Deut.
Bible Animals;|J. G. Wood
When the glede's in the blue cloud, / The laverock lies still; / When the hound's in the green wood, / The hind keeps the hill.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

A cinnamon fly, with glede wings mixed with jungle cock, and ribbed with gold.
Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c.|William Blacker