Old English · noun
glida
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- weak
- IPA
- /ˈɡli.dɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɡli · dɑ (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- gleadgledekite
Meaning
-
kite (bird)
Sē þe þurh rēaflāc ġewilnaþ þā þing þe hē mid his ēagum wiþūtan sċēawaþ, sē is glida, nā culfre.
Whoever wants to steal the things that he sees with his eyes without, he is a kite, not a dove.
10th century, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; related to glīdan (“to glide”)
Descendants
glead, glede
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