Of persons: †cheerful, joyous, or merry in disposition (obsolete); joyful, happy (archaic). †to make glad: = ‘to make merry’.

Of men, their heart, spirit, etc.: Joyous, gladsome, cheerful; glad, happy, well pleased. Rare in English prose or colloquial use since 16th cent…

Of persons and their attributes: Joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively. Obsolete.

Const. of or with clause. Obsolete.

Of persons, the mind, heart, etc.: Having a glad or joyous nature or mood; filled with gladness. Also of birds. †gladsome of: glad of (cf. glad, adj.…