gleði

From Old Norse gleði (“gladness”).
See also gleða and glaður.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleːjɪ/

  Rhymes: -eːjɪ

gleði f (genitive singular gleði, plural gleðir)

1. happiness, joy

• grátur
• látur

glaður (“glad”) +‎ -i f (abstract noun suffix)

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛːðɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛːðɪ

gleði f (genitive singular gleði, nominative plural gleðir)

1. happiness, joy

• Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “gleði”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “gleði”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN, page 254 (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

From Proto-Germanic *gladį̄, equivalent to glaðr +‎ -i.

gleði f (genitive gleði)

1. gladness, merriment

• Old Danish: glæthæ
  • Danish: glæde
• Faroese: gleði
• Icelandic: gleði
• Norwegian Bokmål: glede
• Norwegian Nynorsk: glede
• Swedish: glädje

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “gleði”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166; also available at the Internet Archive