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glæd, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §223; §276; §315; §423; §424; §425; §443;
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of living things,
cheerful, joyous, lively
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  • Glæd alacer, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 44, 8:

    ludibundus,

      Germ. 397, 409.
of cheerful disposition
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  • Swíðe glæd on móde,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 41.

  • Þǽr ic (

    a woodpecker

    ) glado sitte,
      Rä. 25, 7.

  • Ðone gladan giefan

    hilarem datorem,

      Past. 323, 12.

  • On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ðá gladan (

    laeti. Cf. ðá blíðan, 14), on óðre ðá unrótan (tristes ),

      187, 12.

  • Hé heóld þenden lifde glæde Scyldingas,

      B. 58.
cheerful in appearance
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  • Hé wearð glæd on his ansýne

    hilari facie,

      Guth. Gr. 108, 27.
well-disposed, kindly, gentle; placatus, placabilis, placidus
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  • Glæd bið se Godes sunu gif þú gnorn þrowast and þé sylfum démst

    aeternus fuerit placidus te vindice judex,

      Dóm. L. 86.

  • Críst, eádiges mǽdenes glæd hálgum bénum

    Christe, beatae Virginis placatus sanctis precibus,

      Hy. S. 119, 8.

  • Gladum suna Fródan,

      B. 2025.
  • Ic mínne can glædne Hróðulf, þæt hé þá geogoðe wile árum healdan, 1181: 863.

  • Ðæt wé ðone Hǽlend hæbben ús glædne, and hé ús gewissige and úrne eard gehealde and æfter geendunge ðæt éce líf ús forgife ut nos Deum placatum rectorem habere queamus, C. D. iii. 60, 8. (3 a) well-disposed towards (wiþ) :-- Mín Drihten hine gedó glædne wið eów

    Deus meus faciat vobis eum placabilem,

      Gen. 43, 14.
glad on account of a particular circumstance.
the circumstance given in the context
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  • Heródes geséne ðone Hǽlend glæd wæs

    Herodes uiso Iesu gauisus est,

      Lk. L. R. 23, 8.

  • Se middangeard bið glaedde (

    gaudebit

    ),
      Jn. L. 16, 20.

  • Glæde uéron

    gauisi sunt,

      20, 20.
with prep.
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  • Hé bið glæd (

    gaudet

    ) fore stefne ðæs brýdgumes,
      Jn. L. 3, 29.

  • Ꝥ folc wæs glæd on allum ðǽm wundrum

    populus gaudebat in universis quae fiebant,

      Lk. L. 13, 17.

  • Monigo in ácennisse his biðon glæde,

      Lk. L. R. 1, 14.
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  • Him mæg beón þe glædre his heorte þe hé sum þing hér of undergyte,

      Angl. viii. 317, 39.
of things.
of thoughts, looks,
expressing gladness
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  • Hí gesáwon hine habban glædne andwlitan,

      Hml. Th. i. 72, 27.

  • Him Godes engel þurh glædne geþonc þá wísan onwráh,

      Cri. 315.
of a place,
suggestive of gladness, delightful
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  • In þám gladan hám

    in that home of pure delight,

      Ph. 593.
mild, gentle
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  • Beón dagas blíþe and glæde nihta

    sint dies laeti placideque noctes,

      Hy. S. 143, 12.
Similar entries
v. ǽr-glæd, mód-glæd, un-glæd.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “glæd.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/50888.

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