† gladshipn.
Obsolete.
= gladness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun]
merrinesseOE
gladnessc900
mirtheOE
playeOE
dreamOE
gladshipc975
lissOE
willOE
hightOE
blithenessc1000
gladc1000
winOE
blissc1175
delices?c1225
delight?c1225
joy?c1225
comfortc1230
listc1275
gladhead1303
daintyc1325
fainnessc1340
lightnessa1350
delectationc1384
delightingc1390
comfortationa1400
fainheada1400
blithec1400
fainc1400
delicacyc1405
gladsomeness1413
reveriea1425
joyousitiea1450
joyfulnessc1485
jucundity1536
joyousness1549
joc1560
delightfulness1565
jouissance1579
joyance1590
levitya1631
revelling1826
chuckle1837
joyancy1849
a song in one's heart1862
delightsomeness1866
c975 Rushw. Gosp. John iii. 29 gifea vel glædscip min gifylled is.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 436 Drihten crist is..mid ealles modes gledscype to herienne.
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 784 & tu shallt off þatt child Habbenn gladdshipe. & blisse.
a1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 191 Alle cristene men owen..singen ðe lofsong mid swuðe muchele gledschipe.
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23603 Þair ioi, þair gladdscip, qua can tell?
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. ii. 1 Ther was al gladshipe, ioye with oute sorwe.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 209 In hert gret gladschip [1489 Adv. glaidschip] can he ta.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 2761 Yow may bewail the day As of his deith, and gladschip aucht to ses.
a1597 Way to Thrift in Certain MS. Poems F 6 b When gladdshippe growes into grame.
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