lyd

Danish

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Lyd

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyːd/,

Etymology 1

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

Noun

lyd c (singular definite lyden, plural indefinite lyde)

1. sound
2. noise

Inflection

Etymology 2

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

Verb

lyd

1. imperative of lyde

Middle English

Noun

lyd

1. Alternative form of lid

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. sound

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýðr (“people”).

Noun

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

1. (a group of) people

Etymology 3

Verb

lyd

1. imperative of lyde

References

• “lyd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lyd

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

• ljod m

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyːd/

Noun

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

1. sound

Derived terms

Related terms

• lyda, lyde (verb)

Etymology 2

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

lyd

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

• IPA^(key): /lyː/
• (Volda) IPA^(key): /lyːd/

Noun

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

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

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

Noun

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

1. (a group of) people

Derived terms

Related terms

• lòden

Etymology 4

From Old Norse hljóðr (“silent, taciturn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

Adjective

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

• høglyd, høglydt
• lydhøyr

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

Verb

lyd

1. imperative of lyda

References

• “lyd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

lyd

1. imperative of lyda

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /lɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /liːd/
• Homophone: lud (“soft mutation of llud (“glue; slime”)”)

Noun

lyd

1. Soft mutation of llyd (“passion”).

Mutation