hyd

See also: hyd.

English

Verb

hyd

1. simple past of hyde

Phrase

hyd

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of how('re) you doing. (how are you doing?)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hyd (plural hydes or hyden)

1. Alternative form of hyde (“skin”)

Etymology 2

Noun

hyd (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hide (“concealment, hiding”)

Etymology 3

Verb

hyd

1. Alternative form of hyed: simple past/past participle of hyen (“to go quickly”)

Etymology 4

Verb

hyd

1. Alternative form of hidde: simple past/past participle of hiden (“to hide”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.

Cognate with Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūt, Old High German hūt, Old Norse húð; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xyːd/, [hyːd]

Noun

hȳd f

1. skin, hide

Declension

Declension of hyd (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hȳd	hȳde, hȳda
accusative	hȳd, hȳde	hȳde, hȳda
genitive	hȳde	hȳda
dative	hȳde	hȳdum

Descendants

• Middle English: hyde, hyd, hide, hid; hude, huyde, huide
  • English: hide
  • Scots: hide, hyde

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh hyt, from Old Welsh hit, from Proto-Celtic *siti- (“length”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hiːd/
• Rhymes: -ɨːd

Noun

hyd m (plural hydoedd, not mutable)

1. length

Derived terms

• hydred (“longitude”)

Preposition

hyd (triggers soft mutation)

1. until

   Synonyms: nes, tan

Inflection

Personal forms (literary)

	Singular	Plural
First person	-	-
Second person	-	-
Third person	hyd-ddo m hyd-ddi f	hyd-ddynt

Derived terms

• ar hyd (“along; throughout”)
• hyd at (“up to, as far as”)
• hyd yn hyn (“so far”)
• hyd yn oed (“even”)
• o hyd (“still; always”)
• dod o hyd (“to find”)

Conjunction

hyd (triggers soft mutation)

1. until

   Synonyms: hyd nes, nes, tan

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies