gleðja

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛðja/

  Rhymes: -ɛðja

Verb

gleðja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gladdi, supine glatt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to gladden, make happy

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• gleðjast

Related terms

• glaður
• gleði
• gleðilegt nýtt ár

Old Norse

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, equvialent to glaðr (“glad, happy”) + -ja (causative verb suffix)

Verb

gleðja (singular past indicative gladdi, plural past indicative glǫddu, past participle gladdr)

1. to gladden, to make glad
2. (mediopassive) to rejoice

Conjugation

Conjugation of gleðja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	gleðja
present participle	gleðjandi
past participle	gladdr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gleð	gladda
2nd-person singular	gleðr	gladdir
3rd-person singular	gleðr	gladdi
1st-person plural	gleðjum	glǫddum
2nd-person plural	gleðið	glǫdduð
3rd-person plural	gleðja	glǫddu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gleðja	gledda
2nd-person singular	gleðir	gleddir
3rd-person singular	gleði	gleddi
1st-person plural	gleðim	gleddim
2nd-person plural	gleðið	gleddið
3rd-person plural	gleði	gleddi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gleð
1st-person plural	gleðjum
2nd-person plural	gleðið

Conjugation of gleðja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	gleðjask
present participle	gleðjandisk
past participle	glazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gleðjumk	glǫddumk
2nd-person singular	glezk	gladdisk
3rd-person singular	glezk	gladdisk
1st-person plural	gleðjumsk	glǫddumsk
2nd-person plural	gleðizk	glǫdduzk
3rd-person plural	gleðjask	glǫddusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gleðjumk	gleddumk
2nd-person singular	gleðisk	gleddisk
3rd-person singular	gleðisk	gleddisk
1st-person plural	gleðimsk	gleddimsk
2nd-person plural	gleðizk	gleddizk
3rd-person plural	gleðisk	gleddisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	glezk
1st-person plural	gleðjumsk
2nd-person plural	gleðizk

Related terms

• glaðr (“glad, happy”)
• gleði (“happiness”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: gleðja
• Faroese: gleða
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gle, gleda, glede
• Norwegian Bokmål: glede
• Danish: glæde
• Old Swedish: glæþia
  • Swedish: glädja

References

• gleðja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.