hljóð
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hljóð, from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with Faroese ljóð, Norwegian lyd, Danish lyd, Swedish ljud, German Laut, Scots luid, Dutch luid, and obsolete English loude.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hljóð n (genitive singular hljóðs, nominative plural hljóð)
- (countable and uncountable) sound
- a cry
- silence
DeclensionEdit
declension of hljóð
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *hleuþą (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-to-, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew- (“hear”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (hliuþ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hljóð n (genitive hljóðs, plural hljóð)
- silence, hearing
- a sound, cry
- Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 12, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 30:
- Þorfinnr kom aungu hljóði í lúðrinn, […]
- Thorfinn couldn't blow a sound from the trumpet, […]
- Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 12, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 30:
- a musical sound, tune, music
- Guðmundar saga 28, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 454:
- […] þangat mantu heyra söng fagran ok hljóð mikit ok dýrðlikt, […]
- […] thither you will hear songs beautiful and music great and glorious, […]
- Guðmundar saga 28, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 454:
DeclensionEdit
Declension of hljóð (strong a-stem)
Derived termsEdit
- hljóða (“to sound”)
- hljóðan (“sound”)
- hljóðbjalla (“tinkling bell”)
- hljóðfall (“consonancy”)
- hljóðfegrð (“euphony”)
- hljóðfæri (“musical instrument”)
- hljóðgreipr (“mouth”)
- hljóðgóðr (“well-tuned”)
- hljóðkyrr (“quiet”)
- hljóðlauss (“soundless”)
- hljóðleiki (“silence”)
- hljóðliga (“silently”)
- hljóðligr (“silent”)
- hljóðlyndr (“taciturn”)
- hljóðlátr (“still”)
- hljóðlæti (“silence”)
- hljóðlítill (“faintly sounding”)
- hljóðmikill (“shrill-sounding”)
- hljóðmæli (“secrecy”)
- hljóðna (“to become silent”)
- hljóðr (“silent”)
- hljóðsamliga (“silently”)
- hljóðsamligr (“silent”)
- hljóðsamr (“silent”)
- hljóðsgrein (“a kind of sound”)
- hljóðskraf (“whispering”)
- hljóðstafr (“vowel”)
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: hljóð n
- Faroese: ljóð n
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ljod m or n, (dialectal) ljø, ly
- Old Swedish: liuþ
- Swedish: ljud c
- Old Danish: liud
- → Scots: luid
ReferencesEdit
- hljóð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- hljóð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.