hlýða

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

hlýða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hlýddi, supine hlýtt)

  1. to obey
    Hundarnir hlýða okkur ekki!
    The hounds don't obey us!
  2. (formal, intransitive) to listen
    Synonym: hlusta
    • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic source)
      Inn vari gestur
      er til verðar kemur
      þunnu hljóði þegir,
      eyrum hlýðir,
      en augum skoðar.
      Svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.
      The knowing guest
      who goes to the feast,
      In silent attention sits;
      With his ears he hears,
      with his eyes he watches,
      Thus wary are wise men all.

Usage notes

The more common term for “listen” is hlusta.

Conjugation

hlýða — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að hlýða
supine
(sagnbót) 		hlýtt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		hlýðandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég hlýði við hlýðum present
(nútíð) 		ég hlýði við hlýðum
þú hlýðir þið hlýðið þú hlýðir þið hlýðið
hann, hún, það hlýðir þeir, þær, þau hlýða hann, hún, það hlýði þeir, þær, þau hlýði
past
(þátíð) 		ég hlýddi við hlýddum past
(þátíð) 		ég hlýddi við hlýddum
þú hlýddir þið hlýdduð þú hlýddir þið hlýdduð
hann, hún, það hlýddi þeir, þær, þau hlýddu hann, hún, það hlýddi þeir, þær, þau hlýddu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		hlýð (þú) hlýðið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hlýddu hlýðiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.

Verb

hlýða

  1. to listen
  2. to obey

Conjugation

Conjugation of hlýða — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hlýða
present participle hlýðandi
past participle hlýddr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hlýði hlýdda
2nd-person singular hlýðir hlýddir
3rd-person singular hlýðir hlýddi
1st-person plural hlýðum hlýddum
2nd-person plural hlýðið hlýdduð
3rd-person plural hlýða hlýddu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hlýða hlýdda
2nd-person singular hlýðir hlýddir
3rd-person singular hlýði hlýddi
1st-person plural hlýðim hlýddim
2nd-person plural hlýðið hlýddið
3rd-person plural hlýði hlýddi
imperative present
2nd-person singular hlýð, hlýði
1st-person plural hlýðum
2nd-person plural hlýðið
Conjugation of hlýða — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hlýðask
present participle hlýðandisk
past participle hlýzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hlýðumk hlýddumk
2nd-person singular hlýðisk hlýddisk
3rd-person singular hlýðisk hlýddisk
1st-person plural hlýðumsk hlýddumsk
2nd-person plural hlýðizk hlýdduzk
3rd-person plural hlýðask hlýddusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hlýðumk hlýddumk
2nd-person singular hlýðisk hlýddisk
3rd-person singular hlýðisk hlýddisk
1st-person plural hlýðimsk hlýddimsk
2nd-person plural hlýðizk hlýddizk
3rd-person plural hlýðisk hlýddisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hlýzk, hlýðisk
1st-person plural hlýðumsk
2nd-person plural hlýðizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hlýða
  • Faroese: lýða
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lyde
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lyda
  • Old Swedish: lȳþa
  • Danish: lyde
  • Old Gutnish: lyþa
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