gjarna

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Adverb

gjarna, comparative: heldur, superlative: helst

  1. gladly
  2. usually, mostly

Synonyms

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Confer gjarn (“willing”). Cognate with the Swedish gärna, as well as Danish and German gerne.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gjarna (comperative heldur, superlative helst)

  1. gladly, willingly, readily

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Germanic *gernô, adverb form of the adjective *gernaz, whence Old Norse gjarn, of which gjarna is the adverb form. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to yearn for”).

Adverb

gjarna (comparative heldr, superlative helzt)

  1. willingly

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gjarna
  • Faroese: gjarna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjerne
  • Swedish: gärna
  • Danish: gerne

References

  • “gjarna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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