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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


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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 Emily Sarah Holt

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 William Blacker

Then came the first glede back and did take a fish, and the second did like-wise.

From A Boy's Ride by Gulielma Zollinger

Glead is the A.-S. glida or kite, though, in our version of Deut. xiv. 13., both glede and kite are mentioned.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 107, November 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

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