gleði

From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”).

See also Faroese gleða and glaður

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːjɪ/

  Rhymes: -eːjɪ

gleði f (genitive singular gleði, plural gleðir)

1. happiness, joy

• grátur
• látur

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛːðɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛːðɪ

gleði f (genitive singular gleði, nominative plural gleðir)

1. happiness, joy

• gleðikona
• gleðispillir

From Proto-Germanic *gladį̄, equivalent to glaðr +‎ -i.

gleði f (genitive gleði)

1. gladness, merriment

• 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).