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.)