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glede

/ 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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of glede1

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

It is indeed in consequence of this flight that it has been called the Glede, the word being derived from its gliding movements.

And the Glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind.

Whether the word raah, which is translated as Glede in Deut.

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.

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

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