edy
Middle English
FWOTD – 11 December 2025
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ēadiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *audag, from Proto-Germanic *audagaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ̝ːdiː/, /ˈɛdiː/
Adjective
edy (Kent, Southern, West Midland, poetic)
- (of people) lucky, favoured:
- blessed, sanctified
- a. 1333, “Poem 7: Ave maris stella; Fol. 207r-v”, in William Herebert, transl., Opera (British Library MS. Add. 46919)[1], Hereford; republished as The Works of William Herebert, OFM (Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse), [Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan, a. 2018:
- Hayl, Leuedy, se-stœrre bryht, / Godes moder, edy wyht, / Mayden euer vurst and late, / Of heueneriche sely ʒáte.
- Hail, Lady, bright sea-star, / God's mother, blessed being, / maiden always [from] first to last, / the Kingdom of Heaven's holy gate.
- prosperous, wealthy
- blessed, sanctified
- (of people) virtuous, worshipful
References
- “ēdī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.