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GLÆD

  • adjective
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GLÆD, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §223; §276; §315; §423; §424; §425; §443;
shining, bright
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  • Glæd mid golde

    bright with gold,

    • Exon. 125 a
    • ;
    • Th. 480, 16
    • ;
    • Rä. 64, 3
    • .
  • Wyrþ heó ungladu ðeáh heó ǽr gladu wǽre on to lócienne

    it [the sea] becomes turbid though before it was bright to look at

    • [cf. glæshlutru on to seónne, 24]
    • ,
    • [and the Latin sordida visibus obstat]
    • ,
    • Bt, 6
    • ;
    • Fox 14, 26
    • :
    • Bt. Met. Fox 5, 21
    • ;
    • Met. 5, 11
    .
  • Godes condelle glædum gimme

    God's candle, the bright jewel [the sun],

    • Exon. 57 a
    • ;
    • Th. 204, 3
    • ;
    • Ph. 92
    • :
    • 64 b
    • ;
    • Th. 237, 20
    • ;
    • Ph. 593
    • .
  • Glad seolfor

    shining silver,

    • Cd. 129
    • ;
    • Th. 164, 24
    • ;
    • Gen. 2719
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  • Óðer biþ golde glædra óðer biþ grundum sweartra

    one is brighter than gold, the other darker than the depths,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 975
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    • Sal. 488
    • .
  • Gimma gladost

    brightest of jewels,

    • Exon. 60 a
    • ;
    • Th. 218, 3
    • ;
    • Ph. 289
    • .
glad, cheerful, joyous, bright
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  • Ðá wærþ he swíðe glæd

    then he was very glad,

    • Chr. 656
    • ;
    • Erl. 30, 20
    • .
  • Glæd wæs

    gavisus est,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 8, 56
    • .
  • Wosaþ glæd

    exultate,

    • Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 23
    • .
  • Glædman

    hilaris,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 88
    • ;
    • Som. 74, 87
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 50, 67
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  • Ǽfre he biþ ánes módes and glæd þurhwunaþ

    he is ever of one mind and continues cheerful,

    • Homl. Th. i. 456, 25
    • :
    • 72, 27
    • .
  • He wearþ glæd on his ansýne

    he was bright of face,

    • Guthl. 2
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    • Gdwin. 12, 20
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  • Wínes glæð

    merry with wine,

    • Exon. 117 a
    • ;
    • Th. 449, 28
    • ;
    • Dóm. 78
    • .
  • Glæd gumena weorud

    a joyous band of men,

    • 32 a
    • ;
    • Th. 101, 5
    • ;
    • Cri. 1654
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  • Nolde gladu ǽfre syððan ætýwan,

    she, joyous, would not ever afterwards appear,

    • Cd. 72
    • ;
    • Th. 89, 14
    • ;
    • Gen. 1480
    • .
  • Iacob byþ on glædum sǽlum

    exultabit Jacob,

    • Ps. Th. 52, 8
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  • Sefa wæs ðé glædra

    her mind was the gladder,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1909
    • ;
    • El. 956
    • .
pleasant, kind, mild, courteous
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  • Glæd man

    jucundus homo,

    • Ps. Th. 111, 5
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  • Glade fǽmnan

    virgines,

    • 148, 12
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  • Glædman Hróþgár

    courteous Hrothgar,

    • Beo. Th. 740
    • ;
    • B. 367
    • .
  • Beó wið Geátas glæd geofena gemyndig

    be kind to the Gauts, mindful of gifts,

    • 2350
    • ;
    • B. 1173
    • :
    • 1730
    • ;
    • B. 863
    • .
  • Mín Drihten hine gedó glædne wiþ eów

    may my Lord make him kind towards you,

    • Gen. 43. 14
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  • Ðæt we ðone Hǽlend hæbben us glædne

    that we may have the Saviour propitious to us,

    • Th. Chart. 240, 26
    • :
    • Exon. 12 b
    • ;
    • Th. 20, 10
    • ;
    • Cri. 315
    • .
Etymology
[
Icel. glaðr bright, glad:
Dan. glad glad
:
O. H. Ger. glat limpidus, candidus
:
Ger. glatt.
]
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  • GLÆD, adj.