Gleði-vist

Old Norse Dictionary - gleði-vist

Meaning of Old Norse word "gleði-vist"

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

gleði-vist
f. a merry sojourn, Lv. 75.—Gleði in the sense of Lat. gaudium is freq. in mod. use, but old writers prefer fögnuðr in the abstract sense; ó-gleði, sadness, despondency, Lv. 75: medic. ailment, cp. the phrase e-m er óglatt, one is ailing.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Lat.
Latin.
medic.
medicine, medically.
mod.
modern.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
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