glad

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English glæd

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glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladdest)

  1. pleased, happy, satisfied

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glad (third-person singular simple present glads, present participle gladding, simple past and past participle gladded)

  1. (transitive) To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
    • 1922, A. E. Housman, Epithalamium, line 3
      God that glads the lover's heart,

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[edit] Danish

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From Old Norse glaðr.

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  • IPA: /ɡlad/, [ɡ̊lað]

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glad (neuter glad, definite and plural glade, comparative gladere, superlative gladest)

  1. happy, glad

[edit] Dutch

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From Old Dutch *glad, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

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glad (comparative gladder, superlative gladst)

  1. smooth, polished
  2. slippery

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[edit] Norwegian

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  • IPA: /ɡɽɑː/, IPA: /ɡlɑː/

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glad (masculine glad; feminine glad; neuter glad; plural glade; comparative gladere; superlative gladest)

  1. happy, glad

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

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  • IPA: /ɡlâːd/

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glȃd f. (Cyrillic spelling гла̑д)

  1. hunger

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[edit] Swedish

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From Old Norse glaðr, from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

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glad (comparative gladare, superlative gladast)

  1. happy, glad

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