† loadenadj.
Obsolete.
1. = heavy-laden adj. 2. Also absol.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective]
angeredc1275
miseasedc1390
woea1398
forpainedc1400
labouringc1425
passive?a1439
painedc1450
loaden1542
sored1557
stressed1559
pinched1566
grieved1586
suffering1609
heavy-laden1611
undergoinga1616
vulned1628
loaded1661
afflicted1690
sick as a parrot1705
crosseda1732
wrung1862
traumatized1935
fraught1966
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > oppressed or afflicted
oppresseda1500
loaden1542
heavy-laden1611
loaded1661
weighteda1732
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening > burdened
ycarked1340
bowed1382
loaden1542
ladenc1595
burdenous1614
laded1630
undisburdened1659
undischarged1671
burdened1697
lade1724
beladen1850
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Aiv Come to me all ye that labour and are loaden (meaning with synne).
1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 427 This we preach unto you, that until you be wearied and loaden, you will not cast your burden on Jesus.
1709 Ld. Shaftesbury Moralists iii. i. 197 Large Creatures; who..go led and loaden thro these dry and barren Places!
2. Loaded, charged, weighted, laden.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy or weighed down (with)
loaded (loaden) with?1504
aggravate?1518
poised1596
loaden1600
ingravidate1651
loaded1661
loaded down1847
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > laden (with)
loaded (loaden) with1577
ladenc1595
loaden1600
well-freighted1610
laded1630
loadened1638
loaded1661
society > travel > transport > [adjective] > loading > laden
ycharged1297
chargedc1400
well-laden1570
light1578
loaden1600
loadened1638
heavy-laden1697
laded1708
light-handed1731
loaded1830
laden1867
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xviii. 694 You must haue speciall regarde to sowe them [sc. Beanes] all about the fifteenth daie after the change of the moone, bicause that in so doing they will bee the better loaden.
1639 in Rec. Mass. Bay (1853) I. 266 A loaden horse carrying a sack of corne.
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ss/1 Pitty me, Pitty a loaden man.
1705 J. Addison tr. Claudian in Remarks Italy 168 The Seas..Shove the loaden Vessels into Port.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 274 The loaden shelves afford us full repast.
a1774 O. Goldsmith tr. P. Scarron Comic Romance (1775) I. xxv. 289 Certain peasants who attended a loaden cart.
1792 C. Smith Desmond I. 213 Those majestic and deeply-loaden clouds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
loadenv.
/ˈləʊd(ə)n/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
transitive. = load v., in various senses.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > load
seamc950
ladeOE
fethre?c1225
charge1297
lastc1400
load?1504
laden1514
loaden1568
burden1570
endorse1671
freight1829
sling load1933
the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > weight [verb (transitive)] > make heavy > add weight to
peisea1450
ballast1566
loaden1568
load1578
poise1586
ingravidate1642
imponderate1667
clog1692
weight1747
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber > burden
charka1300
chargec1308
cark1330
liea1400
labour1437
onerate1453
endossa1500
onera1500
laden1514
load1526
aggravate1530
lay1530
honorate1533
ladea1538
burden1541
ballast1566
loaden1568
degravate1574
aburden1620
pregravate1654
comble1672
1568 Queen Elizabeth I Let. to Mary Queen of Scots 21 Dec. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 55 We did not thynk..to have seen or heard such matters of so great apparence & moment to charge & loden yow.
1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 167 That they straiten not our Thoughts, ere they loaden our Backes.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 141 He had loaden'd himself in going up stairs with a thousand compliments to Madame.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down (at cited word) I was told to loaden up with flax.
1889 M. Peacock Taales fra Linkisheere 127 When he's tekken his jackit off to help to loäden a cart.
Derivatives
ˈloadened adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > laden (with)
loaded (loaden) with1577
ladenc1595
loaden1600
well-freighted1610
laded1630
loadened1638
loaded1661
society > travel > transport > [adjective] > loading > laden
ycharged1297
chargedc1400
well-laden1570
light1578
loaden1600
loadened1638
heavy-laden1697
laded1708
light-handed1731
loaded1830
laden1867
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > loaded
powdered1575
charged1588
primed1634
loadened1638
loaded1766
filled1769
shotted1800
1638–48 G. Daniel Eclog. i. 213 Our loadned trees Beare equall Burthens.
1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters i. 96 A loadned and ballasted ship.
1790 A. Wilson Poems 180 With ripe fruit, the loaden'd bough, Bends to the swaird.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Loadened, loaded. ‘I wen't hev loaden'd guns browt into th' hoose’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1542
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