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† ˈeadi, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 éadiᵹ, 2–4 eadi, 2–3 ædi, ædiȝ, edi, eddi.
[Com. Teut.: OE. éadiᵹ = OSax. ôdag, OHG. ôtag, ON. auðigr, wealthy, happy, Goth. audags happy, f. OTeut. *auđo-m, auđo-z riches + -go-; see -y.]
1. Rich, wealthy, luxurious.
a1000Crist 1497 (Bosw.) Earm ic wæs..ðæt ðu wurde eadiᵹ. c1175Lamb. Hom. 115 Þet he mid wohȝe ne ofsitte ne ermne ne eadine. a1200Moral Ode 227 in Lamb. Hom. 173 Understondeð nu to me edi [other MSS. eadi, edye, æidi] men and arme. c1205Lay. 2361 An eorð-hus eadi & feier.
2. Happy, fortunate, well-omened. Also, Blessed, saintly; said of persons and their actions.
c825Vesp. Psalter cxviii. (cxix.) 1 Eadᵹe unwemme in weᵹe. a1000Guthlac (Gr.) 147 Siððan biorᵹ ᵹestæh Eadiᵹ oretta. c1175Lamb. Hom. 47 ædie and blessede beon alle þeo þe ihereð godes weordes and heom athaldeð. a1225Ancr. R. 142 Heo holden hire up mid hore lif holinesse, ant mid hore eadie bonen. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2086 ‘Me wore leuere,’ quad Ioseph, ‘Of eddi dremes rechen swep.’ c1315Shoreham 129 The eadi levedy [i.e. the Blessed Virgin].
Hence † ædiȝleȝȝc (Orm.) [see -lock], happiness, prosperity. † eadily adv., in a blessed or fortunate manner. † eadiness, happiness, prosperity; blessedness.
a1000Beowulf (Gr.) 100 Swa þa driht-guman dreamum lifdon eadiᵹlice. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Þe fulle edinesse of paradis. c1200Ormin 5706 Þe sexte seollþess ædiȝleȝȝc. a1225Ancr. R. 328 Edmodnesse eadiliche bigileð ure Louerd. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 189 Þu hauest þin edinesse, and ti muchele heh-schipe. |