𐌷𐌻𐌰𐍃

Possibly altered from *𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐍃 (*hlahs), from 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hlahjan); otherwise unknown. There are no known Germanic cognates.

• IPA^(key): /hlas/

𐌷𐌻𐌰𐍃 • (hlas) (comparative 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌶𐌰)

1. cheerful
   • 2 Corinthians 9:7:

     𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌹𐌶𐌿𐌷 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍅𐌴 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐌹𐌽, 𐌽𐌹 𐌿𐍃 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉𐌽 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌿 𐌿𐍃 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌰𐌹, 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌰 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌸 𐌲𐌿𐌸.

     ƕarjizuh swaswē fauragahugida hairtin, ni us trigōn aiþþau us nauþai, untē hlasana giband frijōþ guþ.

     Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. (KJV)

   • Philippians 2:28:

     𐍃𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍉𐍃 𐌽𐌿 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌹𐌽𐌰, 𐌴𐌹 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐍃 𐌹𐌽𐌰 𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍂𐌰 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌸 𐌾𐌰𐌷 𐌹𐌺 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍉𐌶𐌰 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌿 𐌿𐍆𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 𐍈𐌰 𐌱𐌹 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐍃𐍄.

     sniumundōs nu insandida ina, ei gasaiƕandans ina aftra faginōþ jah ik hlasōza sijau ufkunnands ƕa bi izwis ist.

     I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. (KJV)

• 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐍃𐌴𐌹 (hlasei)

• Lehmann, W., A Gothic Etymological Dictionary (Leiden 1986) p. 186.
• Streitberg, Wilhelm (1910). Die gotische Bibel. Zweiter Teil: Gotisch-griechisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, p. 58