adj. Full of hope or joy, joyous, exultant, glad, pleasant :-- Ic þurh Judas ǽr hyhtful gewearþ and nú gebýned eom þurh Judas eft through Judas formerly I became exultant, and now again through Judas am I humiliated, Elen. Kmbl. 1842; El. 923. Ontýn eárna hleóðor ðæt mín gehérnes hehtful weorþe auditui meo dabis gaudium, Ps. C. 50, 78; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 78. Him on láste beleác hihtfulne hám hálig engel a holy angel closed behind them the pleasant abode [paradise], Cd. 45; Th. 58, 14; Gen. 946. Wé hyhtfulle hǽlo gelýfaþ we, filled with hope, trust the salvation [or hyhtfulle may agree with hǽlo], Exon. 9 b; Th. 8, 17; Cri. 119. hyht-ful