flyde
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish flytæ, from Old Norse fljóta (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”), cognate with Swedish flyta, English fleet, German fließen, German vlieten.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
flyde (past tense flød, past participle flydt)
- to flow (run from one place to another, of a liquid)
- to be liquid
- (figuratively) to be in a mess
- to float (lie or move on the surface of a liquid)
- (figuratively) to relax