lyd

• IPA^(key): /lyːd/, [lyðˀ]

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

lyd c (singular definite lyden, plural indefinite lyde)

1. sound
2. noise

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

lyd

1. imperative of lyde

lyd

1. alternative form of lid

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

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

1. sound

From Old Norse lýðr (“people”).

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

1. (a group of) people

lyd

1. imperative of lyde

• “lyd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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.

• ljod m

• IPA^(key): /lyːd/

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

1. sound

• lyda, lyde (verb)

From Old Norse hljóð n (“a sound”) with i-mutation from the j (cf. sny from snjór). Influenced by Danish lyd in many areas.

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

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”)

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).

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

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

1. (a group of) people

• lòden

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

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

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

• høglyd, høglydt
• lydhøyr

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /lyː/

lyd

1. imperative of lyda

• “lyd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

lyd

1. imperative of lyda

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

lyd

1. soft mutation of llyd (“passion”)