lyte

See also: -lyte

Middle English

Noun

lyte

  1. alternative form of light

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýta.

Alternative forms

  • lyte (e- and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyːtə/

Verb

lyte (present tense lytar/lyter, past tense lyta/lytte, past participle lyta/lytt, passive infinitive lytast, present participle lytande, imperative lyte/lyt)

  1. to scathe
  • ljot (adjective)
  • lyte n (Etymology 2)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýti f (ugliness) and Old Norse lýti n (flaw). Akin to Danish lyde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyːtə/

Noun

lyte n (definite singular lytet, indefinite plural lyte, definite plural lyta)

  1. a flaw
    Synonym: skavank
Derived terms
  • lytefri

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hljóta (to get by lot), from Proto-Germanic *hleutaną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²lyːtə/

Verb

lyte (present tense lyt, past tense laut, supine lote, past participle loten, present participle lytande)

  1. to have to, must
    Synonyms: måtta, skulla
    No lyt eg gå heim.
    I have to go home now.

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Swedish

Noun

lyte n

  1. bodily defect, bodily deformity
  2. (figuratively) fault, vice

Declension

Declension of lyte
nominative genitive
singular indefinite lyte lytes
definite lytet lytets
plural indefinite lyten lytens
definite lytena lytenas

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