† ˈeadi, a. Obs.
Forms: 1 éadiᵹ, 2–4 eadi, 2–3 ædi, ædiȝ, edi, eddi.
[Com. Teut.: OE. éadiᵹ = OSax. ôdag, OHG. ôtag, ON. auðigr, wealthy, happy, Goth. audags happy, f. OTeut. *auđo-m, auđo-z riches + -go-; see -y.]
1. Rich, wealthy, luxurious.
| a 1000 Crist 1497 (Bosw.) Earm ic wæs..ðæt ðu wurde eadiᵹ. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 115 Þet he mid wohȝe ne ofsitte ne ermne ne eadine. a 1200 Moral Ode 227 in Lamb. Hom. 173 Understondeð nu to me edi [other MSS. eadi, edye, æidi] men and arme. c 1205 Lay. 2361 An eorð-hus eadi & feier. |
2. Happy, fortunate, well-omened. Also, Blessed, saintly; said of persons and their actions.
| c 825 Vesp. Psalter cxviii. (cxix.) 1 Eadᵹe unwemme in weᵹe. a 1000 Guthlac (Gr.) 147 Siððan biorᵹ ᵹestæh Eadiᵹ oretta. c 1175 Lamb. Hom. 47 ædie and blessede beon alle þeo þe ihereð godes weordes and heom athaldeð. a 1225 Ancr. R. 142 Heo holden hire up mid hore lif holinesse, ant mid hore eadie bonen. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 2086 ‘Me wore leuere,’ quad Ioseph, ‘Of eddi dremes rechen swep.’ c 1315 Shoreham 129 The eadi levedy [i.e. the Blessed Virgin]. |
Hence † ædiȝleȝȝc (Orm.) [see -lock], happiness, prosperity. † eadily adv., in a blessed or fortunate manner. † eadiness, happiness, prosperity; blessedness.
| a 1000 Beowulf (Gr.) 100 Swa þa driht-guman dreamum lifdon eadiᵹlice. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Þe fulle edinesse of paradis. c 1200 Ormin 5706 Þe sexte seollþess ædiȝleȝȝc. a 1225 Ancr. R. 328 Edmodnesse eadiliche bigileð ure Louerd. a 1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 189 Þu hauest þin edinesse, and ti muchele heh-schipe. |