Middle English Dictionary Entry
igladen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | igladen v. Also igleaden, igleden, ȝegladen. |
| Etymology | OE; cp. WS, Nhb. gegladia(n; Merc. gleadian. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To make (sb.) happy, gladden, cheer; (b) to be happy, rejoice; (c) to relieve (a diseased organ), soothe, comfort.
Associated quotations
a
- a1225(?OE) Lamb.Hom.(Lamb 487)39 : Eadi beoð þa ilke þe nu wepeð for heore sunne, for heo sceolen beon igledeð bi-foren drihten.
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)31718 : Þa wes Penda bliðe & igladed swiðe.
- c1225(?c1200) SWard (Bod 34)24/229 : Ha..beoð alle ilihtet & igleadet [vr. igledet]..of his onsihðe.
- c1300 SLeg.Pilate (Hrl 2277)130 : Þat ich miȝte igladed beo Þurf þe siȝt þat is him so iliche.
- c1350(a1333) Shoreham Poems (Add 17376)128/33 : Þou hest ygladed symeon Wyþ þyne swete offrynge.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)850 : Þanne was..meliors muchel y-gladed.
- c1390 NHom.Narrat.(Vrn)263/115 : Ful muchel I-gladet was placidas whon crist hedde i-seid hym what he was.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)76b/a : Þe gestis beþ Igladid wiþ fithelis & harpis.
- c1450(c1400) Vices & V.(2) (Hnt HM 147)201/5 : He þat is at meschef of herte is y-gladed wiþ goode wordes.
b
- a1250 SWard (Tit D.18)25/226 : Ha ȝelden him his gretinge, & beoð alle ilihted, & igladeð ham þuncheð of his onsihðe.
c
- ?a1200(OE) Hrl.HApul.(Hrl 6258B:Berberich)128.121/2 : Eac hit þane innoþ wið þas ȝeallan toȝotenysse ȝegladað.