Middle English Dictionary Entry
glēde n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | glēde n.(1) Also gleid, glide. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS glida, Aglioda, *gleoda. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A bird of prey, the kite (Milvus milvus); (b) contemptuous term for a falcon; (c) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.204].
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)57b/a : Som foules..haue a greet galle..as a goshauke, þe kite, þe glide [L sicut accipiter & miluus].
- c1400(?c1380) Cleanness (Nero A.10)1696 : Al watz gray as þe glede, wyth ful grymme clawres.
- c1400 Bible SNT(1) (Selw 108 L.1)prol.15/31 : Of bryddes, þilke þat lyfeden by rafeyn weren forboden, as gripes, and egles, & gledes & suche oþere.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)41b/a : Milluuus [read: Milluus]: a glide.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)206/1 : The foules of raveyne..comen fleenge abouen in the eyr as Egles, Gledes, Rauenes.
- c1450(?a1400) Roland & O.(Add 31042)285 : To kepe pareche walles fro schame, Þat no gledes neghe þam nere.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)179/18 : Evur as sho went he flow abown hur in þe ayr, as it had bene a glede.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55b : A glede: hic miluus.
- c1590(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64(2))62.8 : J am thi bridde, & if thou hill me not, the glede will ravishe me.
b
- a1500 Octav.(1) (Cmb Ff.2.38)102/680 : Wyth odur mete schalt þou not leve, But þat þys glede wylle þe yeue..þe chylde..to the fawcon yode, Hys fedurs for to ryght.
c
- (1275) in Ekwall Dict.EPN189 : Gledehul.
- (1285) in Ekwall Dict.EPN6 : Allerton Gledhowe.
- (1297) in Ekwall Dict.EPN189 : Gledeholt.
- (1300) in Ekwall Dict.EPN189 : Gledeleys.
- (1473) in Ekwall Dict.EPN189 : Gleydlys.