Glýja
Old Norse Dictionary - glýja
Meaning of Old Norse word "glýja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word glýja can mean:glýja
- glýja
- 1. u, f. dazzling from whiteness. glýju-skin, n. dazzling light.
- glýja
- 2. að, to be gleeful, Hðm. 7. glýjaðr, part. gleeful, Vsp. 39; fá-glyjaðr, dismal, Eyvind.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)