Old English Dictionary Entry

Glædnes

Part of speech: se;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 glædnes

f. Gladness, joy, cheerfulness :-- Ongan se bisceop lustfullian glædnesse his dǽda delectabatur antistes alacritate actionis, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 47. Glædnisse miclo gaudio magno, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 10: 13, 20: 25, 21. Glædniso lætitia, Rtl. 57, 2. glædnes

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛚᚫᛞᚾᛖᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Mt.: Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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