A dialectal or archaic word for a kite (the bird of prey); an alternative spelling or regional term for this predatory bird.
From Old English glida or glidd, related to Germanic words for kites and birds of prey. The word survived in regional dialects even as standard English adopted 'kite' as the primary term.
Many bird names like 'glead' survived in remote communities—older people in Scotland and northern England still use regional bird names that are invisible in modern dictionaries, preserving vocabulary that might be centuries old.
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