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Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”).
See also Faroese gleða and glaður
Pronunciation
Noun
gleði f (genitive singular gleði, plural gleðir)
- happiness, joy
Declension
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
gleði f (genitive singular gleði, nominative plural gleðir)
- happiness, joy
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gladį̄, equivalent to glaðr + -i.
Noun
gleði f (genitive gleði)
- gladness, merriment
Declension
Declension of gleði (weak īn-stem, singular only)
Derived terms
References
- Entry "gleði" on page 166 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).