3 OCTOBER 1891, Page 15

OBSOLETE WORDS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

• SIR,—The word " glede " may be found in the old English

ballad of "Chevy Chace." Describing "the Douglas," it says :—

"His armour glittered like a glede, A bolder Barn was never seen !"

-"Barn," of course, means "bairn "—as we should say, "a bolder boy was never seen."—I am, Sir, &c.,

3 Hampton Place, Brighton, October 1st. GEO. I. STONE.