Gleði-vist

Old Norse Dictionary - gleði-vist

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

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

gleði-vist: f. a merry sojourn, Lv. 75.—Gleði in the sense of Lat. gaudium is freq. in mod. use, but old writers prefer fögnuðr in the abstract sense; ó-gleði, sadness, despondency, Lv. 75: medic. ailment, cp. the phrase e-m er óglatt, one is ailing.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Lat.: Latin.

medic.: medicine, medically.

mod.: modern.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)

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