gle
Translingual edit
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gle
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Etymology edit
Cognates include Fon glèta, Xwela Gbe glè, Ewe agble.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
glè (plural glè lɛ́ or glè lẹ́)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by glede
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Etymology edit
Verb edit
gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde, supine gledd or gledt, past participle gledd, present participle gledande, imperative gle)
- (transitive) to make happy; delight, please
- (reflexive) to be happy
- Antonym: grua
- Han Jørgen gler seg til å bli snart ferdig med drivhusbygginga
- Jørgen looks forward to be done with the building of the greenhouse soon
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “gle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Shortening of imperative forms of gledati.
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Interjection edit
glȅ (Cyrillic spelling гле̏)
- (imperative) look, behold
- Gle,jagnje Božje koje uzima na se grehe sveta (Jovan 1:29) ― Behold,the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
- Gle tamo - medved! ― Look over there − a bear!
- lo, behold, lo and behold
- (informal) get a load of, check this out
- Gle ono čudo! Šta li je to uopšte? ― Get a load of that thing! What even is it?