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gleðja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse gleðja, from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gleðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gladdi, supine glatt)

  1. to gladden, make happy [with accusative]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, equvialent to glaðr (glad, happy) + -ja (causative verb suffix)

Verb

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gleðja (singular past indicative gladdi, plural past indicative glǫddu, past participle gladdr)

  1. to gladden, to make glad
  2. (mediopassive) to rejoice

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: gleðja
  • Faroese: gleða
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gle, gleda, glede (long form)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: glede
  • Danish: glæde
  • Old Swedish: glæþia

Further reading

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  1. page/167 Internet Archive]