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gladful, a.|ˈglædfʊl|
Also 3 gledful, 6 Sc. glaidful.
[f. glad n.1 + -ful.]
Full of gladness or joy. Now only arch.
a1225Ancr. R. 286 Gostlich gledschipe, & froure of gledful hope. Ibid. 394 Ȝet her is gledfulure wunder. a1300E.E. Psalter xlvi. 2 Alle genge..Miries to god in gladful steuen. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 37 In this glaidful recreatione I conteneuit quhil Phebus was discendit. 1596Spenser F. Q. iv. vi. 34 Desiring of his Amoret to heare Some glad⁓full newes. 1880W. Watson Prince's Quest (1892) 50 Then came the gladful morn.
Hence ˈgladfully adv.; ˈgladfulness.
c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2389 Cuthbert toke it glad⁓fully. 1591Spenser Muiopot 208 He..there him rests in riotous suffisaunce Of all his gladfulnes, and kingly ioyaunce. 1893A. L. Haddon What ails the House? III. 43 Why had she not gone forth gladfully to meet him? |