líða

From Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense “suffer” may be borrowed from Middle Low German, but derive from the same root in any case.

• IPA^(key):

  Rhymes: -ʊija

líða (third person singular past indicative leið, third person plural past indicative liðu, supine liðið)

1. to elapse (time)
2. to approach
3. to move smoothly
4. to suffer

From Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The senses “suffer, tolerate” may be borrowed from Middle Low German, but derive from the same root in any case.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːða/

  Rhymes: -iːða

líða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative leið, third-person plural past indicative liðu, supine liðið)

1. (transitive, governs the dative, of time) to pass, to go by

   Ætluðum við ekki að hittast í vikunni sem leið?

   Weren't we going to meet last week?

   Tíminn líður.

   Time goes by.

   Þegar leið á daginn heyrðu þeir í drauginum sem bjó í fjallinu.

   They heard the ghost in the mountain as the day grew old.

2. (intransitive) to float, to glide
3. (impersonal, intransitive) describing a specific feeling; to feel

   Hvernig líður þér? - Mér líður ekki vel.

   How are you feeling? - I don't feel good.

   Mér líður vel.

   I feel good.

   Okkur líður illa.

   We feel bad.

4. (transitive, intransitive, governs the dative) to progress

   Hvernig líður náminu?

   How are your studies progressing?

5. (transitive, governs the accusative) to suffer

   Þú munt líða fyrir það sem vinir þínir gerðu.

   You shall suffer for what your friends did.

6. (transitive, governs the accusative) to endure, to tolerate

   Ég líð ekki svona vitleysu!

   I do not tolerate this kind of nonsense!

• (glide): svífa
• (feel): hafa
• (progress): ganga
• (suffer): þjást
• (tolerate): þola

• tíminn flýgur

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)