Glæd-mód

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glæd-mód

I. having glad thoughts, cheerful, joyous. (1) of permanent disposition. I. 1:--Sé þe wǽre hohmód, weorðe sé glædmód, Wlfst. 72, 8. (2) of an occasional frame of mind. Cf. glæd; I. 4. (a) of joy caused by temporal conditions:--Þǽr beorn monig glædmód, wlonc and wíngál wíghyrstum scán, Ruin. 34. Eádhréðige mægð . . . glædmóde gegán hæfdon tó þám wealgeate, Jud. 140. (b) of spiritual joy, with gladsome mind:--Se biscop glædmód códe gumena þreáte God hergendra, El. 1096. Biseah tó heofona ríce glædmód, Gú.1277: 1035. II. of ready mind, having a mind that prompts to quick action. Cf. glædlíce; II:--Hé flýhð yfla gehwylc . . . glædmód gyrneð (is quick to desire) þæt hé gódra mǽst dǽda gefremme, Ph. 462. III. of gentle mind, having kindly thoughts:--Eóde þá fromlíce fǽmnan tó sprǽce . . . þǽr hé glædmód geonge wiste wíc weardian (cf. the later prose version: Affrican hire feader feng on earst feire on to lokin ȝef he mahte wið eani luue speden, Juliana, 11, 13), Jul. 91. glæd-mod

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