Fagnaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "fagnaðr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word fagnaðr can mean:fagnaðr

fagnaðr

and fögnuðr, m., gen. fagnaðar, pl. ir, [Goth. faheds = χαρά], joy, Greg. 68, Hom. 85; gaudium er fögnuðr, Bs. i. 801; eilífr f., Hom. 42, Stj. 44; himinríkis f., heavenly joy, Fms. x. 274; óvina-fögnuðr, triumph, joy for one’s foes, Nj. 112.

fagnaðr

β. metaph. welcome, good cheer, Hkr. i. 50, Eg. 535, Fms. i. 72, iv. 82; görðu henni fagnað þá viku alla, 625. 86: the phrase, kunna sér þann fagnað, to be so sensible, so clever, Band. 9, Hkr. ii. 85, v. l.; öl ok annarr fagnaðr, ale and other good cheer, Grett. 98 A. In the n. T. χαρά is often rendered by fögnuðr, Mark iv. 16, Luke i. 14, ii. 10, viii. 13, x. 17, xv. 7, 10, John iii. 29, xv. 11, xvi. 21, 22, 24, xvii. 13, Rom. xiv. 17, xv. 13, 2 Cor. ii. 2, etc., in the same passages in which Ulf uses faheds; fögnuðr is stronger than gleði.

fagnaðr

COMPDS: fagnaðaratburðr, fagnaðarboðskapr, fagnaðardagr, fagnaðareyrendi, fagnaðareyru, fagnaðarfullr, fagnaðarfundr, fagnaðargrátr, fagnaðarheit, fagnaðarkenning, fagnaðarkrás, fagnaðarlauss, fagnaðarlúðr, fagnaðarmark, fagnaðaróp, fagnaðarraust, fagnaðarsamligr, fagnaðarskrúð, fagnaðarstaðr, fagnaðarsæll, fagnaðarsöngr, fagnaðartíð, fagnaðartíðindi, fagnaðarveizla, fagnaðarvist, fagnaðaröl.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛅᚴᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements