lyda

• IPA^(key): /²lyːɑ/

From Old Norse hljóða (“sound”).

• ljoda, ljode
• lyde

lyda (present tense lyder, past tense lydde, past participle lydd or lydt, present participle lydande, imperative lyd)

1. to produce sound

From Old Norse hlýða (“obey”).

• lyde

lyda (present tense lyder, past tense lydde, past participle lydd or lydt, present participle lydande, imperative lyd)

1. to listen
2. to obey, be obedient

   Det kan vera vanskeleg å få barn til å lyda.

   It can be hard to make children be obedient.

3. to sound (sound like something)

   Det lyder rart.

   That sounds strange.

• “lyda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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From Old Swedish lyþa, from Old Norse hlýða, from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną.

lyda (present lyder, preterite lydde or löd, supine lytt, imperative lyd)

1. to obey

   en god hund lyder sin husbondes röst

   a good dog obeys its master's voice

• åtlyda
• lydig
• lydkonung
• lydnad
• lydrike

From Old Norse hljóða, probably via Danish lyde. Doublet of ljuda.

lyda (present lyder, preterite löd, supine lydit, imperative lyd)

1. to sound, to be worded, to have a wording

   den nya lagen lyder som följer

   the new law has the following wording

• lydelse

• lyda in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• lyda in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)