Where does gladful come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

gladful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"ornaments, King Ryence caused to be hanged hy In his chiefe Church, for endlesse moniments Of his successe and gladfull victory [...]."
"I was relieved and sorry, gladful and hurt."
"And it's that gladful repetition that music and Word together can enhance in bringing praise to God."

From Middle English gladful, equivalent to glad + -ful.

more gladful (comparative) most gladful (superlative)

gladfully gladfulness

joyful

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