gleða

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See also: gleda and gléda

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

gleða (third person singular past indicative gleddi, third person plural past indicative gleddu, supine glett)

  1. to please

Conjugation

Conjugation of gleða (group v-3)
infinitive gleða
supine glett
participle (a18)1 gleðandi gleddur
present past
first singular gleði gleddi
second singular gleðir gleddi
third singular gleðir gleddi
plural gleða gleddu
imperative
singular gleð!
plural gleðið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Icelandic

Noun

gleða

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gleði