Middle English Dictionary Entry
gladlī adv.
Entry Info
Forms | gladlī adv. Also gledliche, gleadliche, glalli. Comp. gladlīer, -lī̆ker, -loker, gledlaker, -luker, gleadluker |
Etymology | OE glædlīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Joyfully, joyously, merrily; with great pleasure.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)19808 : Forrþi tokenn þeȝȝ till Crist Full hefiȝ niþ & wraþþe, Swa þatt teȝȝ wolldenn cwellenn himm Galddlike -- ȝiff þeȝȝ mihhtenn.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)50b : Gaþ nu þenne gleadluker [Nero: gledluker]..toward te muchele feaste of heouene.
- c1300 SLeg.Nich.(Hrl 2277)407 : Gladliche þe fader & þe sone here offring vp bere & wende hom wiþ grete ioye.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)54/10 : Þo þet libbeþ be hyre onestete..nimeþ mid guode wylle þet hi habbeþ, and cortaysliche an gledliche [Vices & V.(2): gladly].
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)4904 : Neuer nere gestes vnder god gladliere receyued.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.308 : And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)280/10 : He was so careful and sori þat nouȝt mihte make hym loke gladly.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.669 : He hadde a book that gladly, nyght and day, For his disport he wolde rede alway..At which book he lough alwey ful faste.
- a1400(?a1325) Bonav.Medit.(1) (Hrl 1701)89 : Euer þey dredde to ete gladlygh, For sum sorowe semed hem nygh.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.2692 : And þus with Ioie & solemne laude Pirrus was of euery maner age Gladly accepted to his heritage.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)31a/b : Gratanter: gladely.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)197 : Gladly, or ioyfully: Gaudiose, gaudenter.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)55a : Gladly..vbi merily.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)69/144 : Gladly thay Wold me greyf, if I sych bodworde broght.
2.
(a) With good will, willingly; without hesitation or reluctance; (b) as assent to a request: willingly, with pleasure; certainly; (c) of customary or habitual action: ben ~, to like to be (as wise as sb.); demen ~, like to judge; eten ~, like to eat (sth.); ~ visiten, like to visit; ~ wolde, would like to (do sth.); ~ yede, liked to go; gladlier don, would rather do (sth.); gon ~, like to go; herknen ~, like to listen; wil gladlier, would rather (be sth.); (d) ~ cleping, shouting encouragingly; don ~, eat heartily!
Associated quotations
a
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)12384 : Adam & Eve..didenn gladdliȝ þat he badd Onnȝæn Drihhtiness wille.
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)16748 : Wha se follȝheþþ soþ & rihht Inn alle gode dedess, He cumeþþ gladdliȝ to þe lihht To shæwenn þatt hiss dede Iss all i Godd.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)22307 : Wha swa come gladliche, he sculden wurðe riche.
- a1225(c1200) Vices & V.(1) (Stw 34)139/27 : Ðat wile þies mihte [sobriety] þat þu ȝiue ða ðinges þe sculen bien mid rihte iȝiuen, gladliche.
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)26/408 : Lutel þerf þu carien..þet he nule gleadliche [Tit: gladluche] ifinde þe largeliche al þet te bihoueð.
- c1230(?a1200) *Ancr.(Corp-C 402)34b : Þah a word culle þe ful hearde up o þe breoste..underueng hit gleadliche [Nero: gledliche].
- c1300 SLeg.Cross (LdMisc 108)6 : Eleyne..to Ierusalem he sende to sechen after þe holie rode, and heo gladliche forth i-wende.
- (c1300) Havelok (LdMisc 108)805 : Swinken ich wolde for mi mete..Gladlike i wile þe paniers bere.
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)2418 : Hii ssolle be such þat no prince ne dorre hom vorsake, Ac vor hor prowesse gladliche in to hor seruice hom take.
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)113/10 : Þet bread we byddeþ to oure uader..zuo þet we moȝe maky ane guode iornee, and to abyde þe gledlaker oure ssepe [Vices & V.(2): þe gladloker oure mede].
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Mark 12.37 : Dauith him silf seith him a lord..And moche cumpany gladli [L libenter] herde him.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.284 : Envie..wole gladly lese his oghne riht To make an other lesen his.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Cl.(Manly-Rickert)E.665 : Right gladly wolde I dyen yow to plese.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)266a/b : Þe asse passeþ nouȝt gladly [L voluntarie] wher he may se þe water þurgh þe plankes.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)19780 : Þat peter moght wijt quat sco were Þair praier gladliker [Trin-C: gladliere] to here.
- c1400 God þat al þis myhtes (Plim Addenda 3)27 : My moost foo wolde y gladliest trowe.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1064 : I wolde loke on þat lede, if God me let wolde, Gladloker, bi Goddez Sun, þen any god welde!
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.47.25 : Gladliche [Bod 959: glally; WB(2): ioifuli; L læti] we shulen serue to the kyng.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)443/17 : He wold goldely [read: gladely] entyr in-to þe ordur, bod he was ferd for lyce.
- a1500 Mirror Salv.(Beeleigh)p.78 : Als wold she with hire hande buffette the king sharpely, And he nothing be wroth, but soeffre alle yat gladdely.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2001 : 'Whi so?' saide þemperour; 'saie me nouȝ bliue!' 'Ful gladli, sire,' she seide, 'bi god þat me made.'
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pri.(Manly-Rickert)B.1642 : 'I wolde demen that ye tellen sholde A tale next'..'Gladly,' quod she.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.WB.(Manly-Rickert)D.188 : 'Gladly,' quod she, 'sith it may yow lyke.'
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)3101 : 'Bath of þi corn and of þi fee Þar sal þou offrand mak to mee.' 'Gladli, lauerd, als þou has said.'
- a1450 7 Sages(3) (Cmb Dd.1.17)2287 : Quod the emperour..'Of that cas thou most me telle.' 'Gladlich,' sayed scho.
- a1500(?a1400) KEdw.& S.(Cmb Ff.5.48)673 : 'I pray the Speke with me a worde in priuete.' 'For God,' quod þe Kyng, 'gladly!'
c
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Gen.27.9 : Bryng to me two the beste kyddez, þat I make of hem metez to thi fader, þe which he etiþ glally [L libenter].
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.2032 : Gladly wolde I knowen al And holde me covert alway.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.224 : As lewed peple demeth comunly Of thynges that been maad moore subtilly Than they kan in hir lewednesse comprehende; They demen gladly to the badder ende.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Sq.(Manly-Rickert)F.376 : Thise olde wommen, that been gladly wyse As is hir maistresse, answerde hir anon And seyde, 'Madame,' [etc.].
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.64r : Leuys of hym [mulberry] arn .. noyws to brukys & to erukys .. But þe leuys of mulberye tres er gladly [L (Barth.De Prop.R. bk.17, cap.100): libentissime] etyn of swuche wermys as arn noȝt malicyows; & þerfore bombices, i. wermes þat makyn silk, arn kyndely with þe leuys of mulberye tre.
- (?c1400) Wycl.7 Heresies (Dc 274)442 : And þese freres bene men of holy Chirche, þat wole here be gladliere hedes of holy Chirche þen oþer comyne men.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)7617 : Lovers gladly wole visiten The places there her loves habiten.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)18/8 : Men..gon gladly [F volunters] to Cipre to reste hem on the lond.
- c1440 Treat.PN(2) (Thrn)262 : Þay er synfull þat..gladlyer duse þe werkes of þe deuelle þan goddes commandementes.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)5/12 : Þei..herkeneþ gladly schrewes & fooles.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)35/27 : Another lady..gladly yede and was ledde to festis.
d
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Josh.8.16 : Þei, cryinge out to geders & hem self togeders gladly clepynge [L cohortantes], pursuedyn hem.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)290/84 : And atte laste on Bord was brouht A Lof..And feir water set þer bi, And þe Qween bad hym don gladly.
3.
(a) Readily, easily, freely; (b) cheaply, freely; (c) ?appropriately, fittingly; ?beautifully.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)110b/b : A scorpioun is a beest þat stingeþ gladliche [L valde pungitiuum] wiþ þe tail.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)273b/a : Þe bugle..is a fers beste and nought gladliche ytamed.
- (?a1390) Daniel *Herbal (Add 27329)f.71ra : It wil growe gladly qwere it be set.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)38a/a : Obtalmia is a sikenez contagious, And it passeþ gladly [L libenter] fro one eie to anoþer.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)44a/a : Febrez gladly [*Ch.(2): gladliche; L libenter] seweþ to þise.
- ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh 10.90)117/24 : Þe vertu of þis herbe is þis, þat he wylle gladly kepe men and women chast.
- c1450(1369) Chaucer BD (Benson-Robinson)1012 : She used gladly to do wel.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)254/17 : Þe fier..gladliche and ofte brenneþ þe whit robe of chastite and virginite.
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)249/26 : For a boche or a feloun þat ys hard and wyl not gladly breke.
- c1450 Royal SSecr.(Roy 18.A.7)24/25 : Whan the spirit hath take refeccioun in good odoures, the blood renneth the more gladlier in euery parti of the body.
b
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Num.11.5 : We recordyn of þe fischys þat we etyn in Egipt gladlich [WB(2): freli; vr. freli, that is, for litil prijs; L gratis].
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)157 : Glally: gratis.
c
- c1390 NHom.Widow's Candle (Vrn)31 : Þei eode to þe Auter gladly [vr. gainli] greyde.
4.
Customarily, habitually, usually; regularly, as a rule.
Associated quotations
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.NP.(Manly-Rickert)B.4414 : He lay..Waitynge his tyme on Chauntecleer to falle, As gladly doon thise homycides alle.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Pars.(Manly-Rickert)I.887 : Auowtrie is set gladly in the ten comandementz bitwixe thefte and manslaughtre.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.4946 : But þer-of hadde indignacioun, Platly affermyng, þat no discrecioun Was to trest in swiche fantasies, In dremys shewid, gladly meynt with lyes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1064 : Mordre gladly is wrouȝt in silence Or men aduerte or taken any kepe.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6966 : And gladly my purpos is this: I dele with no wight but he Have gold.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)6973 : I am gladly executour, And many tymes procuratour.
- c1430(c1386) Chaucer LGW (Benson-Robinson)770 : And this was gladly in the eve-tyde, Or wonder erly, lest men it espyde.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.3046 : The wrong parti gladli hath a fall.
- c1450(c1380) Chaucer HF (Benson-Robinson)1242 : For in fight and blod-shedynge ys used gladly clarionynge.
- ?c1450 Knt.Tour-L.(Hrl 1764)72/3 : Gladly euell lyff hathe euell ende.
- a1500 GRom.(Add 9066)311 : By the golden mantell is vndirstond man in dignyte, that gladly the smale correctes [Hrl: whiche vsith to correcte Ivel men and women].
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?a1350 Guy(3) (Add 14408)7 : Lere glally god thewes The whilk that dothgti men shewes.
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