gjarna

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʒarna]

gjarna, comparative: heldur, superlative: helst

1. gladly
2. usually, mostly

• (gladly) fegin
• (usually) vanliga

• gjarnan

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

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

gjarna (comperative heldur, superlative helst)

1. gladly, willingly, readily

• gjarnan
• gerna

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”).

gjarna (comparative heldr, superlative helzt)

1. willingly

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