Hlýða

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hlýða

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hlýða" in English.

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

Abbreviations used:

e-m
einhverjum.
e-t
eitthvat.
e-s
einhvers.

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