adj. — Newfoundland, obsolete
glad or delighted; often in the phrase proud to see you.
Type: 2. Preservation — The term proud 'pleased' is a preservation from British English as a result of 18th and 19th century immigration to Newfoundland from England and Ireland (Clarke 2010b: 7). The term is listed in both EDD (s.v. "proud" (3)) and OED-3 (s.v. "proud" (8b)) as 'pleased, gladdened, elated' and 'a stately or splendid person or thing', respectively, with attestations dating back to Old English.
In a discussion concerning the conservative nature of Newfoundland and Labrador English (Clarke 2010b: 104), the term proud is listed as an example of semantic retention. Clarke notes that "many lexical items in NLE have retained meanings that are largely archaic" (2010b: 104); correspondingly, OED-3 marks proud as an obsolete term (see OED-3, s.v. "proud" (8b)). Note that retention of this particular sense of proud is not restricted to Newfoundland English (Clarke 2010b: 104), as this is also used in certain regions of the US. DARE marks the term as "chiefly southern and south midland" (see DARE, s.v. "proud" (1a)).
See also DNE, s.v. "proud" (1).