glede

British  

/ ɡliːd, ɡlɛd /

noun

1. a former Brit name for the red kite See kite 1

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Etymology

Origin of glede

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

Example Sentences

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glede

It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that l doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

And lepte out of the arsoun, As sperk thogh out of glede.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Even as I did begin to dress the fish," he said, "there came a sound of wings, and I looked up and did behold a glede.

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

Here grebe and gull and heavy glede Passed eastward far away, The while the wind, with slackened speed, Drooped with the dying Day.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

For example, the vulture of the former book is in the latter called the glede; and there are many similar variations, in different parts of the Old Testament, in regard to the others.

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael