Middle-English Word of the Day - March 24, 2008
Gladsom (adj.) - pleasant.
As whan a man hath been in povre estaat,
And clymbeth up and wexeth fortunat,
And there abideth in prosperitee.
Swich thyng is gladsom, as it thynketh me,
And of swich thyng were goodly for to telle.
- Chaucer, Geoffrey: The Canterbury tales (1387-1394)
Pronunciation: /glAdsOm/
Key
/g/ g in go
/l/ l in lily
/A/ a in father
/d/ d in dog
/s/ s in hiss
/O/ o in cloth
/m/ m in make
The Middle-English Word of the Day is selected from Mayhew and Skeat's
"Concise Dictionary of Middle English."
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The example text was found at the
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of the
University of Virginia Library.
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The approximate pronunciation is determined using Carol Hamill's Middle English Pronunciation Guide
and noted using upon the ASCII-IPA Standard
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http://www.kirshenbaum.net/IPA/
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