Also 6 Sc. ladin, ladne, laiden, 7 laidin. [f. LADE v. + -EN; but perh. partly a Sc. var. of LOADEN v.] trans. = LADE v.
1514. Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844), I. 89. The … gudis that happinnis to be input and ladnyt in the samyn schippis. Ibid. (1531), 142. The losing and laidnyng of schippis.
1579. Munday, in Hakluyt, Voy. (1589), 151. Euery prisoner being most grieuously ladened with yrons on their legges.
1596. Dalrymple, trans. Leslie’s Hist. Scot., X. 356. To ladne him with deceitful leisingis, criminable crymes, and tailes vntrue.
1607. Walkington, Opt. Glass, 147. Trees … ladened with … fruits.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 303. They … used him with all curtesie, and ladened him with gifts.
1746. W. Horsley, Fool (1748), II. No. 63. 94. Let each Mule carry his own Burthen, and not laden him further.
1808–18. Jamieson, Ladenin time, the time of laying in winter provisions.
1885. Mrs. C. L. Pirkis, Lady Lovelace, I. i. 19. He ladened himself obediently with Edie’s belongings.
1890. Cushing, Bull i’ th’ Thorn, II. xiii. 243. The air was ladened with the fragrance of jasmine, honeysuckle, [etc.].
