Gleðja
Old Norse Dictionary - gleðja
Meaning of Old Norse word "gleðja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gleðja
- pret. gladdi; pres. gleðr; part. gladdr; sup. glatt:—to gladden, enliven, make glad, Hom. 18, 159, Fms. v. 49, Fas. i. 122: reflex. to be glad, rejoice, Eg. 55, Ísl. ii. 360, Fms. i. 261, vi. 60, Sks. 551, Fb. i. 405: to brighten, sem dagrinn gladdisk, Verel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛁᚦᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
- sup.
- supine.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Verel.
- Verelius, Index.