Gladian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

gladian

p. ode. I. to be glad; exultare :-- Ða gladia worhtest quos lætari fecisti, Rtl. 94, 15. Ða ðe gedréfaþ me gladiaþ qui tribulant me exultabunt, Ps. Lamb. 12, 5. Abraham gladade l glæd wæs Abraham gavisus, est; Wick. Abraham gladide, Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 56. Glada and blissa be glad and rejoice Apol. Th. 7, 2. Ne gladige on ðæt cyning let no king rejoice at that, Lchdm. iii, 442, 35. II. to make glad :-- Ic gladige gratificor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 3. Drihten mid to gladienne to make glad the Lord therewith, Ledemulcere, Hpt. Gl. 476. [Icel. gleðja to gladden; gleðjask to become bright, glad.] gladian

Related words: 1, 3. Gladigan