Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glede \Glede\ (gl[=e]d), n. [AS. glida, akin to Icel. gle[eth]a,
   Sw. glada. Cf. {Glide}, v. i.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The common European kite ({Milvus ictinus}). This name is
   also sometimes applied to the buzzard. [Written also {glead},
   {gled}, {gleed}, {glade}, and {glide}.]