gladfuladj.
/ˈɡladfʊl/ Full of gladness or joy. Now only archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adjective]
fainc888
gladlyc1000
golikc1175
gladful?c1225
joyfulc1290
joyousc1315
merryc1380
well begonea1425
frikec1430
rejoiced1533
delightful1534
rejoiceful1538
blitheful1559
gladded1569
blithelike1570
delighted1581
lighted1596
delighting1601
joyed1640
enjoying1651
gladdened1729
glad1799
like (or proud as) a dog with two tails1829
joyant1834
bird-blithe1917
gassed1941
enthralled1944
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 289 Ȝet her gledfulre wunder.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 211 Gastlich gledschipe & froure of gledful hope.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xlvi. 2 Alle genge..Miries to god in gladful steuen.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 29 In this glaidful recreatione i conteneuit quhil phebus vas discendit.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F5 Desiring of his Amoret to heare Some gladfull newes. View more context for this quotation
1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest 50 Then came the gladful morn.
Derivatives
ˈgladfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [adverb]
gladlyc900
hightlyOE
blithelyc1000
merryOE
joyfullyc1330
gamelya1375
glada1400
merrilyc1400
joyinglyc1430
gladfully?c1450
joyously1474
deliciously1481
gladsomely1487
mirthfully1508
delightfully?1567
delightingly1602
delightedly1654
on wings1859
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2389 Cuthbert toke it glad~fully.
1893 A. L. Haddon What ails House? III. 43 Why had she not gone forth gladfully to meet him?
ˈgladfulness n.
ΚΠ
1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. V2 He..there him rests in riotous suffisaunce Of all his gladfulnes, and kingly ioyaunce.
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