See also: hlid, hlið, and hliþ

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hlíð, from Proto-Germanic *hlīdō.

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Noun

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hlíð f (genitive singular hlíðar, nominative plural hlíðar)

  1. slope, hillside, mountainside

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *hlīdō, whence also Middle Low German līd, Old High German līta, hlīta.

Noun

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hlíð f (genitive hlíðar, plural hlíðir)

  1. slope

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: hlíð
  • Faroese: líð
  • Norwegian Bokmål: li
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: li
  • Old Swedish: līþ
  • Old Danish: liidh

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