Category:Glede

Glede, n. Etym: [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle,, Sw. glada. Cf. Glide, v. i.] (Zoöl.)

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

glede Glede, n. Etym: [See Gleed.]

Defn: A live coal. [Archaic] The cruel ire, red as any glede. Chaucer.

- ---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Glede - An Old English name for the common kite, mentioned only in Deuteronomy 14:13 (Heb. ra'ah ), the Milvus ater or black kite. The Hebrew word does not occur in the parallel passage in Leviticus (Leviticus 11:14, da'ah, rendered "vulture;" in R.V., "kite"). It was an unclean bird. The Hebrew name is from a root meaning "to see," "to look," thus designating a bird with a keen sight. The bird intended is probably the buzzard, of which there are three species found in Palestine. (See VULTURE.)