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glede

British  
/ ɡliːd, ɡlɛd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of glede

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

Example Sentences

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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

Groweth glede, and bloweth mead, And springeth wood anew.’

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

A cinnamon fly, with glede wings mixed with jungle cock, and ribbed with gold.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William

A dark brown fly, brown red hackle and body, ribbed with gold twist, and glede wings, varied with brown spotted turkey tail feather or mallard, one of each.

From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William

Se deð his wille mast he sal habbe werest mede His bað sal be wallinde pich his bed barnende glede.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

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