† gladdern.
Obsolete.
1. One who rejoices. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > [noun] > one who
gladdera1382
rejoicer1561
tripudist1833
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. lxiv. 5 Thou aȝen came to the gladere [a1425 Thou mettist him that is glad. L. lætanti].
2. One who cheers or makes glad.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering > one who or that which cheers
gladderc1405
blithera1525
lifter1535
heartener1601
enlivener1774
sunbeam1872
ray of sunshine1885
cheerer-upper1907
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1365 O lady myn Venus..Thow gladere of the mount of Cytheron.
1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 187 Thare was Bacus, the gladder of the table.
1528 D. Lindsay Dreme 423 Lanterne of the hevin And glader of the sterris, with his lycht.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 54 Thou Gladder of the Mount of Cytheron.]
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