Fw: "glad" - Word of the Day from the OED

Sun Aug 24 20:05:04 CDT 2008

Somebody tell the pynwaste Ceo to contact OED about the present recent condition of sending out truly lame wod definitions.  any second grader knows what glad means.

--- On Sun, 8/24/08, oedwotd at oup.com <oedwotd at oup.com> wrote:

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Subject: "glad" - Word of the Day from the OED
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Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 8:30 PM

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glad, v.
SECOND EDITION 1989   

(glæd)  Pa. tense and pa. pple. gladded. Forms: 1 (e- )gladian, Mercian gleadian, 2-3 gladien, 3 gleadien, 3-4 gledien, 4-5 gladie, gladye, gladen, gladd(e, 4-6 glade, 6 Sc. gled, 4- glad. [OE. gladian (also egladian ):OTeut . * glaôjan , f. * glao- GLAD. The intr. sense ‘to be glad’ is the orig. one; the trans. use ‘to make glad’ is found in ON. glaa of similiar formation. ON. had also gleja (:* glajan ) ‘to be glad, to make glad’.] 
    1. intr. To become or to be glad; to rejoice. Const. on, in, of, for. Obs. 
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John viii. 56 Abraham..egladade [Rushw. gladade] vel glæd wæs. c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 442 Ne gladie on æt noer ne cyning ne worul(d)rica. c1205 LAY. 4410 a Brennes hauede ihirde his hirde-manne lare, a gladede is mod. a1225 Ancr. R. 358 Blescie ou & gledie . a1340 HAMPOLE Psalter ix. 2, I sall be fayn & i sall glade in e . 1382 WYCLIF Ecclus. xxx.. 5 In his lif he sa , and gladide in hym [1388 and was glad in hym]. c1460 Towneley Myst. vii. 111 Myrth I make till all men And warn theym that thay glad. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) I. xxviii. 66/1 Man byrde & beste begynne to gladde for Joye of the lyght. a1586 SIDNEY Arcadia III. (1598) 334 Absence shall not take thee from mine eyes, nor afflictions shall barre me from gladding in thy good. 1621 LADY M. WROTH Urania 520 The one as a friend glading in his presence. 1622 MASSINGER Virg. Mart. II. ii, Gladst thou in such scorne? I call my wish backe.
    2. trans. To make glad, to cause to rejoice. arch. 
c825 Vesp. Psalter ciii. 15 Win eblissa heortan monnes æt he gleadie onsiene in ele. c1000 ÆLFRIC Lev. i. 3 Bringe he..an unwemme oxancelf..drihten mid to gladienne [Vulg. ad placandum sibi dominum]. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom.. 97 He us fette ut of helle wowe and ermide us gledede. c1230 Hali Meid. 27 Streon of feire children at gladien muchel e ealdren. a1300 Cursor M. 3795 Wel was he gladed o is sight. 1352 MINOT Poems v. 53 e gude Erle of Glowceter, God mot him glade. 1377 LANGL. P. Pl. B. xx. 170 And gaf hym golde..that gladded his herte. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3089 Now last herd e how crist gladide oure faders in helle. 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 36 Care not for dremes, for they gladdeth none but foles. 1595 SPENSER Col. Clout 266 At length we land far off descryde: Which sight much gladed me. 1602 Thomas Ld. Cromwell II. ii. B2b, It glads my hart to thinke vpon the slaue. 1663 F. HAWKINS Youth's Behav. I. 7 When thou shalt hear the misfortunes
 of another, shew not thy self gladded for it. 1682 BUNYAN Holy War 261 They were greatly gladded thereat. 1749 SMOLLETT Regicide II. i, By heav'n it glads me, that my sword shall find An ample field to-day. 1816 BYRON Ch. Har. III. i, The hour's gone by When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. 1867 Sat. Rev. 6 July 23/2 Here the Chorus..trills a downright English song that glads the heart. 1870 MORRIS Earthly Par. II. III. 326 Yet shame of me, That I should dull the joy that gladdeth thee.
    b. transf. 
1596 SPENSER F. Q. VI. x. 44 Like to a flowre that feeles no heate of sunne Which may her feeble leaves with comfort glade. 1622 WITHER Philarete (1633) 623 'Tis as when a flash of light Breakes from heaven to glad the night. 1646 CRASHAW Sospetto d' Herode I. xiv, Green vigour Gladding the Scythian rocks and Libian sands. 1671 F. PHILIPPS Reg. Necess. 412 Those causes which have fertilized and gladded the Vallies of our Israel. 1704-9 POPE Autumn 72 Now bright Arcturus glads the teeming grain.
    3. refl. To rejoice. Obs. exc. arch. 
1340 Ayenb. 238 e dyeulen ham gledie huanne hi moe ouercome..ane guodne man.. Ibid. 258 Ne glede e nat ine uayr ssroud. c1386 CHAUCER Sqr.'s T. 601 Alle thyng repeirynge to his kynde Gladeth hym self. c1500 Plumpton Corr. 110, I recomend me unto your mastership..ever me glad to here of your prosperytie. 1686 GOAD Celest. Bodies III. ii. 401 All men gladded themselves with this conclusion. 1871 BROWNING Balaust. 461, I glad me in my honours too!
    Hence gladded ppl. a., gladdened, delighted. 
1568 GRAFTON Chron. II. 3 Then the joyfull Kentishe men did conduct the gladded Normanes. 1627-77 FELTHAM Resolves I. i. 1 When a rich Crown has newly kiss'd the Temples of a gladded king. 1659 C. NOBLE Answ. Immod. Queries 5 A thousand gladded mouthes will speak the contrary. 
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