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glede

/ É¡liËd; É¡lÉ›d /

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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glede1

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.

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

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Light brown body, red hackle, gold twist, two fibres of red Ibis for tail, and glede wings.

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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.

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Body, puce floss silk ribbed with silver, black-red hackle, a mixed wing of glede, turkey tail, and mallard, with a topping over all, and a dark claret or purple hackle.

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