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) to gladden, make happy [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gleðjast ==== Related terms ==== glaður gleði gleðilegt nýtt ár == Old Norse == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, equivalent to glaðr (“glad, happy”) + -ja (causative verb suffix) === Verb === gleðja (singular past indicative gladdi, plural past indicative glǫddu, past participle gladdr) to gladden, to make glad (mediopassive voice) to rejoice ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== glaðr (“glad, happy”) gleði (“happiness”) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gleðja Faroese: gleða Norwegian Nynorsk: gle, gleda, glede (long form) Norwegian Bokmål: glede Old Danish: glæthiæ Danish: glæde Old Swedish: glæþia Swedish: glädja === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gleðja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 167; also available at the Internet Archive