glead

+W+jit þe husebonde godes cunestable hereð  {200} alle hare sahen ⁊ þonkeð god ȝeorne wið swiðe glead heorte of se riche lane as beoð þeos sustren his fowr dehtren þ̵ he haueð ileanet him on helpe forte wite wel ⁊ werien his castel. ⁊ godes deorewurðe feh. þ̵ is biloke þrinne.

Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall

"Thou'rt a greedy glead; -- I'se go ask Simon; but I'll warrant thou'lt be hankering after the reward, and the biggest share to thine own clutches."

Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821

One wild cry or another was in the lift -- of the hawk, or the glead, or the raven, or the eagle -- or when those fiends slept, of the peaceful heron, and sea-bird by wandering boys pursued in its easy flight, till the snow-white child of ocean wavered away far inland, as if in search of a steadfast happiness unknown on the restless waves.

Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819

A kite, a glead, a puttock; alfo a greedy extortioner; a kind of flying fiflj.

Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: : from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal, Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland. 1707

And the kite knows, and the eagle, and the glead and pye. "

Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Jean Ingelow 1858

"Men must die when all is said, e'en the kite and glead know it,

Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. Jean Ingelow 1858