Hlýða

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hlýða Old Icelandic word can mean:

hlýða

(-dda, -tt), v.

hlýða

1) to listen (eyrum hlýðir hann, en augum skoðar);

hlýða

~ e-m, to listen (give ear) to one;

hlýða

~ messu, tíðum, to hear mass, attend service;

hlýða

~ á e-t or til e-s, to listen to (sitja menn þar umhverfis ok ~ til sögunnar);

hlýða

2) to yield to, obey (~ ráðum, orðum e-s);

hlýða

3) to do, be permissible or proper;

hlýða

hlýðir það hvergi (it will not do) at hafa eigi lög í landi;

hlýða

engum öðrum skyldi þat ~, nobody else should dare to do so;

hlýða

Einar lét engum ~ móti at mæla, E. would not hear of any one’s gainsaying;

hlýða

4) refl. to listen (hann hlýðist um, hvárt nökkurir vekti); to be allowable (konungr sagði, at þeim skyldi þat ekki ~st).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚦᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary