hlyda

From hlȳdan (“to make noise”) +‎ -a (agentive suffix), literally “noise-maker”, referring to the strong winds of March.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlyː.dɑ/, [ˈl̥yː.dɑ]

hlȳda m

1. the third month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar
2. March

   Synonym: hrēþmōnaþ

Weak:

• Middle English: Lyde, lude, Lude, luyde (Southern), lyde
  • English: Lide (obsolete)

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hlȳda”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.