gleði

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”).

See also Faroese gleða and glaður

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːjɪ/

  Rhymes: -eːjɪ

Noun

gleði f (genitive singular gleði, plural gleðir)

1. happiness, joy

Declension

Declension of gleði (defective)
f33	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gleði	gleðin	gleðir	gleðirnar
accusative	gleði	gleðina	gleðir	gleðirnar
dative	gleði	gleðini	—	—
genitive	gleði	gleðinnar	—	—

Related terms

• grátur
• látur

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛːðɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛːðɪ

Noun

gleði f (genitive singular gleði, nominative plural gleðir)

1. happiness, joy

Derived terms

Declension of gleði (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gleði	gleðin	gleðir	gleðirnar
accusative	gleði	gleðina	gleðir	gleðirnar
dative	gleði	gleðinni	gleðum	gleðunum
genitive	gleði	gleðinnar	gleða	gleðanna

Related terms

• gleðikona
• gleðispillir

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gladį̄, equivalent to glaðr +‎ -i.

Noun

gleði f (genitive gleði)

1. gladness, merriment

Declension

  Declension of gleði (weak īn-stem, singular only)

feminine	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gleði	gleðin
accusative	gleði	gleðina
dative	gleði	gleðinni
genitive	gleði	gleðinnar

Derived terms

• Danish: glæde
• Faroese: gleði
• Icelandic: gleði
• Norwegian Bokmål: glede
• Norwegian Nynorsk: glede
• Swedish: glädje

References

• Entry "gleði" on page 166 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).