lýður

See also: Lýður

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lýðr, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -iːðʏr

  Homophones: Lýður, líður

Noun

lýður m (genitive singular lýðs, nominative plural lýðir)

1. populace, people, public
2. (statistics, uncommon) population, universe; (group of units (persons, objects, or other items) enumerated in a census or from which a sample is drawn). The usual Icelandic term is þýði.

Synonyms

• (statistics: population): þýði, hópur, stofn

Derived terms

Derived terms

• lýðfræði (demography)
• lýðgrundaður (population-based)
• lýðgrunduð rannsókn (population-based study)
• lýðgrunduð skrá (population-based registry)
• lýðgrunnaður (population-based)
• lýðgrunnuð rannsókn (population-based study)
• lýðgrunnuð skrá (population-based registry)
• Lýðnetssetur (Internet site, Net site)
• lýðrit (demogram)
• lýðræði (democracy)
• lýðræðislegur (democratic)
• lýðtölfræði (population statistics)
• lýðvalsfræði (public-choice theory, social-choice theory)
• öreigalýður (proletariat)
• verkalýður (labor)
• æskulýður (youth)

See also

• úrtak (statistics: sample)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)