a. Obs. Forms: 1 éadiʓ, 2–4 eadi, 2–3 ædi, ædiȝ, edi, eddi. [Com. Teut.: OE. éadiʓ = 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 eadiʓ.
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. Eadʓe unwemme in weʓe.
a. 1000. Guthlac (Gr.), 147. Siððan biorʓ ʓestæh Eadiʓ 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 eadiʓlice.
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.
