gleði - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”).
See also Faroese gleða and glaður
gleði f (genitive singular gleði, plural gleðir)
| 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 | — | — |
gleði f (genitive singular gleði, nominative plural gleðir)
| Declension of gleði | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f-w2 | 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 |
From Proto-Germanic *gladį̄, equivalent to glaðr + -i.
gleði f (genitive gleði)
Declension of gleði (weak īn-stem, singular only)
- Danish: glæde
- Faroese: gleði
- Icelandic: gleði
- Norwegian Bokmål: glede
- Norwegian Nynorsk: glede
- Swedish: glädje
- Entry "gleði" on page 166 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).