glæd

glæd

1. imperative of glæde

From Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladh-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Old Saxon glad (“glad, happy”), Old High German glat (“smooth”) (German glatt (“smooth”)), Old Norse glaðr (“smooth; happy”) (Swedish glad).

• IPA^(key): /ɡlæd/

glæd (comparative glædra, superlative gladost)

1. glad
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24‎^[1]:

     …Hwīlum iċ onhyrġe þone haswan earn, gūðfugles hlēoþor; hwīlum glidan reorde mūþe ġemǣne, hwīlum mǣwes song, þǣr iċ glado sitte.

     …Sometimes I imitate the grey eagle, a speech of war-bird; sometimes a kite's voice with common mouth, sometimes a gull's song when I sit gladful.

2. bright

• glædlīċe

• Middle English: glad, glade, gladde, glaid, gled
  • English: glad
  • Scots: gled, glaid
  • Yola: glaude
• ⇒ Middle English: glade, glode, glede
  • English: glade
  • Yola: gladès