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glæd-mód

  • adjective
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Wright's OE grammar
§641;
having glad thoughts, cheerful, joyous.
of permanent disposition. v. glæd;
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  • Sé þe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód,

      Wlfst. 72, 8.
of an occasional frame of mind. Cf. glæd;
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of joy caused by temporal conditions
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  • Þǽr beorn monig glædmód, wlonc and wíngál wíghyrstum scán,

      Ruin. 34.

  • Eádhréðige mægð . . . glædmóde gegán hæfdon tó þám wealgeate,

      Jud. 140.
of spiritual joy,
with gladsome mind
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  • Se biscop glædmód códe gumena þreáte God hergendra,

      El. 1096.

  • Biseah tó heofona ríce glædmód,

      Gú.1277: 1035.
of ready mind, having a mind that prompts to quick action. Cf. glædlíce;
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  • Hé flýhð yfla gehwylc . . . glædmód gyrneð (

    is quick to desire

    ) þæt hé gódra mǽst dǽda gefremme,
      Ph. 462.
of gentle mind, having kindly thoughts
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  • Eóde þá fromlíce fǽmnan tó sprǽce . . . þǽr hé glædmód geonge wiste wíc weardian (cf. the later prose version: Affrican hire feader feng on earst feire on to lokin ȝef he mahte wið eani luue speden,

      Juliana, 11, 13), Jul. 91.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “glæd-mód.” 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/50894.

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