glede Meaning, Definition & Usage

Glede noun

Etymology

AS. glida, akin to Icel. glea,, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) The common European kite (Milvus ictinus). This name is also sometimes applied to the buzzard. Written also glead, gled, gleed, glade, and glide.

Glede noun

Etymology

See Gleed.

Definitions

1. A live coal. Archaic

   The cruel ire, red as any glede. Chaucer.