Glaðr

Old Norse Dictionary - glaðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "glaðr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

glaðr Old Norse word can mean:

glaðr: 1. adj., fem. glöð, neut. glatt, compar. glaðari, superl. glaðastr; [A. S., Engl., Swed., and Dan. glad; it does not occur in Ulf. nor in Germ.; in Hel. gladmod = glad-mood (twice), vide Schmeller; cp. also Lat. laetus]:—glad, gladsome; glaðr ok reifr skyli gumna hverr unz sinn bíðr bana, Hm. 14; ek væra glaðari ef þú værir með hundrað manns, Lv. 80; snotrs manns hjarta verðr sjaldan glatt, Hm. 54; Gunnarr varð g. við þat, Nj. 42; Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja, most cheerful of all men and the best to visit, 254, cp. Eb. 88, FmS. i. 31; glaðr í máli, vi. 59; hraustr ok g., x. 420; glaðr ok spurall, iv. 82; glaðr, heilhugaðr, vitr, Fagrsk. 14; glöð trú, cheerful faith, Lex. poët.; drekka glaðr inn góða mjöð, Gm. 13; drekka glöð ór gullnum kerum, 7; ok þótti glaðara (pleasanter) at tala við Helgu en vera í starfi með kaupmönnum, Ísl. ii. 212: acc. adverb., taka glaðan á e-u, to take it gladly, FmS. xi. 112; ó-glaðr, sad, moody.

glaðr: II. glad, bright, of the sky, weather; tunglið skein glatt, FaS. iii. 622; veðr glatt, Þjal. 47; þat ljós gaf glaðan veg, BS. ii. 109; eldarnir vóru sumir sem glaðastir, Gísl. 126: of gold, BS. ii. 142: freq. in mod. usage, glaða sólskin, glad sunshine; glaða túnglskin, bright moonshine; loga glatt, to blaze merrily; eldrinn logar þess glaðar, Vídal. i. 145: the phrase, sjá aldregi glaðan dag, never to see a sunny day, be dull and downcast; Glöð, f., pr. name of a bell (cp. Engl. a merry peal), FmS. vi.

glaðr: 2. m., poët. a horse, Edda (gl.), Gm. 30, vide Lex. poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛚᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

adj.: adjective.

adverb.: adverbially.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

compar.: comparative.

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

fem.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

Hel.: Heliand.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

S.: Saga.

superl.: superlative.

Swed.: Swedish.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

mod.: modern.

pr.: proper, properly.

poët.: poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Vídal.: Vídalíns-Postilla.

Þjal.: Þjalar-Jóns Saga. (G. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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