gleyma

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gleyma (to be merry; to forget), from glaumr (whence Icelandic glaumur).

Pronunciation

Verb

gleyma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gleymdi, supine gleymt)

  1. to forget

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from glaumr (merry noise).[1] The "forget" sense likely stems from how one tends to forget one's worries and important tasks when celebrating and having fun.

Verb

gleyma

  1. to be merry
  2. to forget

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “gleyma”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎ (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 174

Further reading

  • gleyma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press