Gleði-maðr

Old Norse Dictionary - gleði-maðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gleði-maðr" in English.

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

gleði-maðr
m. a cheery man; Ingimundr var hinn mesti g. ok fékk sér allt til skemtunar, Sturl. i. 19, Eg. 3, 146, Lv. 74.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Lv.
Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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