† ˈgladship Obs.
[f. glad a. + -ship.]
= gladness.
| c 975 Rushw. Gosp. John iii. 29 ᵹifea vel glædscip min ᵹifylled is. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 436 Drihten crist is..mid ealles modes gledscype to herienne. c 1200 Ormin 783 Annd tu shallt off þatt child Habbenn gladdshipe & blisse. a 1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 191 Alle cristene men owen..singen ðe lofsong mid swuðe muchele gledschipe. a 1300 Cursor M. 23603 Þair ioi, þair gladdscip, qua can tell? 1375 Barbour Bruce xii. 209 In hert gret gladschip can he ta. c 1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. ii. (1869) 1 Ther was al gladshipe, ioye with oute sorwe. c 1500 Lancelot 2761 Yow may bewail the day As of his deith, and gladschip aucht to ses. a 1597 Way to Thrift in Certain MS. Poems F 6 b, When gladdshippe growes into grame. |