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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gled, n. Also: glaid, glade. [ME. glede, (OE. glida. The shortening of the vowel is unusual.] A kite.Early examples in place-names are Gleddiswod (c 1200), Gledstanes (c 1354).(a) c1420 Wynt. vii. 3462.
Gret gentill men … dede lyand then, … To be gleddys or hundys mete
1457 Acts II. 51/2.
Foulys of reif as ernys, bussardis, gleddis and myttallis, the quhilkis distroyis … cornis
a1500 Henr. Fab. 1167.
The gled, the graip, at the bar couth stand As aduocatis
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 52.
Evill farit and dryit, … Lyke as the gleddis had on thy gulesnowt dynd
Id. xxxiii. 78.
The golk, the gormaw and the gled
1513 Doug. vii. Prol. 126.
The soir gled quhislis lowd with mony a pew
Ib. xiii. ii. 121.
The gredy gled on hycht scummand vp in the ayr
1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 1169.
With that the gled the pece claucht in his cluke
1549 Compl. 39/9.
The chekyns began to peu quhen the gled quhissilit
1570 Sat. P. xv. 54.
Ȝe gleds and howlets, rauins and rukes, Ȝe crawis and corbeis blak
1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xxi.
The gok, the gled, With speidie flycht richt fast thay fled
fig. 1567 Sat. P. vii. 46.
Ane gled ay gaipand guid men to deuoir
1597 Calderwood V. 668.
I have continued and putt off … to paint out everie one of you … in your owne colours, especiallie the ravening gled now in St. Andrewes
(b) a1500 Henr. Fab. 2890.
All thair flesche wald scant be half ane fill … vnto that gredie glaid
a1500 K. Hart 380.
Than new desyr als gredie as ane glade [: bed] Come rinnand in and made aue grit deray
a1605 Montg. Flyt. 351 (T).
Thy gall and thy gwisorne to the glaidis salbe gevin

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"Gled n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 28 Mar 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/gled_n>

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