gjarna

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʒarna]

Adverb

gjarna, comparative: heldur, superlative: helst

  1. gladly
  2. usually, mostly

Synonyms

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈcartna/
  • Rhymes: -artna

Adverb

gjarna (comparative heldur, superlative helst)

  1. gladly, willingly, readily

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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 *gʰer- (“to yearn for”).

Adverb

gjarna (comparative heldr, superlative helzt)

  1. willingly

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gjarna, gjarnan
  • Faroese: gjarna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjerne
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjerne
  • Old Swedish: giærna, giarna, gærna, gerna, görna
  • Danish: gerne

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gjarna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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