Definition of "gled" [gled]

• An obsolete variant of glad.
• A Scotch form of glede. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "A gled is a hawk, and that fierce and beautiful bird would have found its natural refuge among the stanes, or rocks, of the craggy moorlands which surround the “fortalice of gledstanes.”"
• "LISBON, Portugal mdash; Authorities in Portugal strug gled Thursday to contain wildfires sweeping across northern parts of the country."
• "Putting his booted foot into the stirrups that dan - gled from it, the kender hopped aboard the dragon's back."