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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lýðr, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.
Pronunciation
Noun
lýður m (genitive singular lýðs, nominative plural lýðir)
- populace, people, public
- (statistics, uncommon) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn). The usual Icelandic term is þýði.
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See also
- úrtak (statistics: sample)
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