Gleði-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - gleði-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gleði-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gleði-maðr
- m. a cheery man; Ingimundr var hinn mesti g. ok fékk sér allt til skemtunar, Sturl. i. 19, Eg. 3, 146, Lv. 74.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚦᛁ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)