English

Iris foetidissima

Alternative forms

• gladdon
• glader
• gladwyn

Noun

gladen ‎(uncountable)

1. Sword grass.
2. Any plant with sword-shaped leaves, especially Iris foetidissima.

Etymology 2

Verb

gladen ‎(third-person singular simple present gladens, present participle gladening, simple past and past participle gladened)

1. Obsolete form of 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.

   • c. 1380s, Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, 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!

   • 1863, Jason Ham, Sanitary Report from Louisville, Ky, 1865, Documentary Journal of the General Assembly of the State Indiana, 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.

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