hlið

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See also: hlid, hliþ, and hlíð

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlið, from Proto-Germanic *hliþō.

Noun

hlið f (genitive singular hliðar, nominative plural hliðar)

  1. a side
    Hvernig reiknar maður út lengd þessarar hliðar?
    How do you compute the length of this side?
Declension
    Declension of hlið
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hlið hliðin hliðar hliðarnar
accusative hlið hliðina hliðar hliðarnar
dative hlið hliðinni hliðum hliðunum
genitive hliðar hliðarinnar hliða hliðanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlið, from Proto-Germanic *hlidą.

Noun

hlið n (genitive singular hliðs, nominative plural hlið)

  1. gate
Declension
    Declension of hlið
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hlið hliðið hlið hliðin
accusative hlið hliðið hlið hliðin
dative hliði hliðinu hliðum hliðunum
genitive hliðs hliðsins hliða hliðanna

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

hlið n

  1. Alternative spelling of hliþ