lyd

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See also: LYD, lýð-, and -lyd

Danish[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Danish liud, from Old Norse hljóð (a sound).

Noun[edit]

lyd c (singular definite lyden, plural indefinite lyde)

  1. sound
  2. noise
Inflection[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See lyde (to sound) or lyde (to obey).

Verb[edit]

lyd

  1. imperative of lyde

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyd

  1. Alternative form of lid

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Danish lyd, from Old Norse hljóð (a sound).

Noun[edit]

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lyd or lyder, definite plural lydene)

  1. sound
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse lýðr (people).

Noun[edit]

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lyder, definite plural lydene)

  1. (a group of) people

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

lyd

  1. imperative of lyde

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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From Norwegian Bokmål lyd m (a sound), from Danish lyd, from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą, whence also Old Norse hljóð n and Norwegian Nynorsk ljod m or n.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lydar, definite plural lydane)

  1. sound
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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From Old Norse hljóð n (a sound) with i-mutation from the j (cf. sny from snjór). Influenced by Danish lyd in many areas.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyd m or n (definite singular lyden or lydet, indefinite plural lydar or lyd, definite plural lydane or lyda)

  1. (dialectal) alternative form of ljod (sound)

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse lýðr m (people), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz m or f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis m (people), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ- (to grow (up)). Germanic cognates include Icelandic lýður m, German Leute pl, Dutch lieden pl, and Old English lēod m. Indo-European cognates include Lithuanian liáudis f (people), Polish ludzie m pl, and Russian люди (ljudi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lydar, definite plural lydane)

  1. (a group of) people
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

From Old Norse hljóðr (silent, taciturn).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lyd (neuter lydt, definite singular and plural lyde, comparative lydare, indefinite superlative lydast, definite superlative lydaste)

  1. audible, clear, intelligible
  2. not having adequate sound isolation
  3. silent
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 5[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

lyd

  1. imperative of lyda

References[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Verb[edit]

lyd

  1. imperative of lyda

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lyd

  1. Soft mutation of llyd (passion).

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llyd lyd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.