active voice | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek gleð | 1pl | vér gleðjum | 1sg | ek gleðja | 1pl | vér gleðim |
2sg | þú gleðr | 2pl | þér gleðið | 2sg | þú gleðir | 2pl | þér gleðið |
3sg | hon gleðr | 3pl | þau gleðja | 3sg | hon gleði | 3pl | þau gleði |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek gladda | 1pl | vér glǫddum | 1sg | ek gledda | 1pl | vér gleddim |
2sg | þú gladdir | 2pl | þér glǫdduð | 2sg | þú gleddir | 2pl | þér gleddið |
3sg | hon gladdi | 3pl | þau glǫddu | 3sg | hon gleddi | 3pl | þau gleddi |
preterite infinitive | glǫddu | ||||||
past participle | f. | glǫdd | m. | gladdr | n. | glatt | |
imperative | 2sg | gleð | 1pl | gleðjum | 2pl | gleðið |
middle voice: gleðjask “cheer up; brighten” | |||||||
present indicative | present subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek gleðjumk | 1pl | vér gleðjumk | 1sg | ek gleðjumk | 1pl | vér gleðimk |
2sg | þú glezk | 2pl | þér gleðizk | 2sg | þú gleðisk | 2pl | þér gleðizk |
3sg | hon glezk | 3pl | þau gleðjask | 3sg | hon gleðisk | 3pl | þau gleðisk |
preterite indicative | preterite subjunctive | ||||||
1sg | ek glǫddumk | 1pl | vér glǫddumk | 1sg | ek gleddumk | 1pl | vér gleddimk |
2sg | þú gladdisk | 2pl | þér glǫdduzk | 2sg | þú gleddisk | 2pl | þér gleddizk |
3sg | hon gladdisk | 3pl | þau glǫddusk | 3sg | hon gleddisk | 3pl | þau gleddisk |
past participle | n. | glazk | |||||
imperative | 2sg | glezk | 1pl | gleðjumk | 2pl | gleðizk |
PG *gladjaną, OE gladian 2, ME glā̆den, MnE gladden, built on the root of the adjective PG *gladaz, OE glæd “bright; cheerful,” ME glā̆d “cheerful; bright,” MnE glad, Dutch glad “smooth,” German glatt “smooth.”
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