gladen
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlædən/, [ˈɡlædn̩]Category:English 2-syllable words#GLADENCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GLADEN
- Rhymes: -ædənCategory:Rhymes:English/ædən#GLADEN
- Hyphenation: glad‧en
- Homophone: gladdenCategory:English terms with homophones#GLADEN
Etymology 1
From Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#GLADENCategory:English terms derived from Old English#GLADEN glaedene from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#GLADEN gladiolus (“little sword; sword lily”).
Alternative forms
Noun
gladen (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#GLADENCategory:English nouns#GLADENCategory:English uncountable nouns#GLADENCategory:English uncountable nouns#GLADENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GLADENCategory:Pages with entries#GLADENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GLADEN
- Sword grass.
- Any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially Iris foetidissimaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Iris%20foetidissima.
References
- “gladen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Etymology 2
Verb
gladen (third-person singular simple present gladens, present participle gladening, simple past and past participle gladened)Category:English lemmas#GLADENCategory:English verbs#GLADENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GLADENCategory:Pages with entries#GLADENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GLADEN
- Obsolete form of gladdenCategory:English obsolete forms#GLADEN.
- 1863, Jason Ham, “Sanitary Report from Louisville, Ky”, in Documentary Journal of the General Assembly of the State Indiana, published 1865, page 166:
- This is a pleasant part of my duty, it gladens my heart to be able to bestow upon the afflicted boys some of the comforts of home and former days.Category:English terms with quotations#GLADEN
Anagrams
Middle English
Verb
gladenCategory:Middle English lemmas#GLADENCategory:Middle English verbs#GLADENCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#GLADENCategory:Pages with entries#GLADENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#GLADEN
- to gladden
- 14th c, unknown translator, The Book of Canticles, transcription in 1836, Adam Clarke (editor), The Holy Bible: With a Commentary and Critical Notes, Volume 2, page 506,
- We schul ful out joyen and gladen in thee, myndful of the tetis upon wyn, rigtmen loven thee.
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- c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, published 2004, page 67:
- And to Pandare he held up bothe his hondes, / And seyde, 'Lord, al thyne be that I have, For I am hool, al brosten been my bondes: / A thousand Troians who so that me yave, / Eche after other, god so wis me save, / Ne mighte me so gladen; lo myn herte, / It spredeth so for loye, it wol to-sterte!Category:Middle English terms with quotations#GLADENCategory:Requests for translations of Middle English quotations#GLADEN
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- 14th c, unknown translator, The Book of Canticles, transcription in 1836, Adam Clarke (editor), The Holy Bible: With a Commentary and Critical Notes, Volume 2, page 506,