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English
Verb
hyd
- simple past of hyde
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
hyd (plural hydes or hyden)
- Alternative form of hyde (“skin”)
Etymology 2
Noun
hyd (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hide (“concealment, hiding”)
Etymology 3
Verb
hyd
- Alternative form of hyed: simple past/past participle of hyen (“to go quickly”)
Etymology 4
Verb
hyd
- Alternative form of hidde: simple past/past participle of hiden (“to hide”)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.
Cognate with Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūt, Old High German hūt, Old Norse húð; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).
Pronunciation
Noun
hȳd f
- skin, hide
Declension
Declension of hyd (strong i-stem)
Descendants
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh hyt, from Old Welsh hit, from Proto-Celtic *siti- (“length”).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
hyd (triggers soft mutation)
- until
- Synonyms: hyd nes, nes, tan
Noun
hyd m (plural hydoedd, not mutable)
- length
Preposition
hyd (triggers soft mutation)
- until
- Synonyms: nes, tan
Inflection
Personal forms (literary)
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies