hljóð

== Icelandic == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /l̥jouːð/ Rhymes: -ouːð === Noun === hljóð n (genitive singular hljóðs, nominative plural hljóð) (countable and uncountable) sound a cry Synonyms: óp, hróp (Can we verify(+) this sense?) silence Synonym: þögn ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hlioð — Codex Regius, Hauksbók === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hleuþą (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-to-, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew- (“hear”). === Pronunciation === (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈl̥joːð/ === Noun === hljóð n (genitive hljóðs, plural hljóð) silence, hearing Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1: Hljóðs bið ek allar / helgar kindir, […] For silence I ask / all holy kindreds […] 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, […] 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, […] ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hljóð n Faroese: ljóð n Norwegian Nynorsk: ljod m or n, (dialectal) ljø, ly Old Swedish: liūþ Swedish: ljud c Old Danish: liud Danish: lyd c Norwegian Bokmål: lyd m → Norwegian Nynorsk: lyd m → Scots: luid === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “hljóð”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 271 Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hljóð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 202; also available at the Internet Archive