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glida

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
glida, an; m.
A kite, glede
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  • Glida

    milvus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 38
    • ;
    • Som. 63, 29
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 29, 48
    • :
    • 77, 14
    • .
  • Se ðe þurh reáflác gewilnaþ ða þing ðe he mid his eágum wiðútan sceáwaþ se is glida ná culfre

    he who by rapine desires the things that he sees with his eyes without, he is a kite, not a dove,

    • Homl. Th. i. 586, 6
    • :
    • Exon. 106 b
    • ;
    • Th. 406, 23
    • ;
    • Rä. 25, 5
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. gleða.
]
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  • glida, n.