Old English · adjective

glæd

Part of speech: adjective
IPA: /ɡlæd/
Syllables: ɡlæd (1 syllable)
Modern English: glad glade

Meaning

glad

…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.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24:
bright

Declension

Strong declension of glæd
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	glæd	gladu glado	glæd
Accusative	glædne	glade	glæd
Genitive	glades	glædre	glades
Dative	gladum	glædre	gladum
Instrumental	glade	glædre	glade
Plural
Nominative	glade	glada glade	gladu glado
Accusative	glade	glada glade	gladu glado
Genitive	glædra	glædra	glædra
Dative	gladum	gladum	gladum
Instrumental	gladum	gladum	gladum

Weak declension of glæd
Singular
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	glada	glade	glade
Accusative	gladan	gladan	glade
Genitive	gladan	gladan	gladan
Dative	gladan	gladan	gladan
Instrumental	gladan	gladan	gladan
Plural
Nominative	gladan	gladan	gladan
Accusative	gladan	gladan	gladan
Genitive	glædra gladena	glædra gladena	glædra gladena
Dative	gladum	gladum	gladum
Instrumental	gladum	gladum	gladum

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *glad (“shining, cheery, smooth”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“smooth”). Cognate with Old Saxon glad (“glad, happy”), Old High German glat (“smooth”) (German glatt (“smooth”)), Old Norse glaðr (“smooth; happy”) (Swedish glad).

Descendants

glad, glade

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