# lyd
## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyːd/, [lyðˀ]

### Etymology 1

From Old Danish liud, from Old Norse hljóð (“a sound”).

#### Noun

lyd c (singular definite lyden, plural indefinite lyde)
* sound
* noise

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See lyde (“to sound”) or lyde (“to obey”).

#### Verb

lyd
* imperative of lyde

## Middle English
### Noun

lyd
* Alternative form of lid

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Danish lyd, from Old Norse hljóð (“a sound”).

#### Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lyd or lyder, definite plural lydene)
* sound

##### Derived terms

* lydanlegg
* lydbok
* lydbølge
* lydbånd
* lyddemper
* lydfrekvens
* lydløs
* lydmester
* lydord
* lydpotte
* lydstudio
* mislyd
* ordlyd
* ultralyd
* ulyd

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýðr (“people”).

#### Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lyder, definite plural lydene)
* (a group of) people

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

lyd
* imperative of lyde

### References

* “lyd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Norwegian Bokmål lyd m (“a sound”), from Danish lyd, from Proto-Germanic *hleuþą, whence also Old Norse hljóð n and Norwegian Nynorsk ljod m or n.

#### Alternative forms

* ljod m

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyːd/

#### Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lydar, definite plural lydane)
* sound

##### Derived terms

* atterlyd
* avlyd
* baktungelyd
* fløytelyd
* fosterlyd
* framlyd
* ganelyd
* gje lyd frå seg
* gjenlyd
* glidelyd
* gomlyd
* infralyd
* innlyd
* klunkelyd
* klusil lyd
* klynkelyd
* la pipa få ein annan lyd
* leppelyd
* lespelyd
* lukkelyd
* lydanlegg
* lydarkiv
* lydattgjeving
* lydavis
* lydband
* lydbok
* lydbrev
* lydbrigde
* lydbær
* lydbølgje
* lydbøye
* lyddempar
* lydendring
* lydfart
* lydfilm
* lydforskyving
* lydfrekvens
* lydhermande
* lydhòl
* lydhovud
* lydisolasjon
* lydisolering
* lydkjelde
* lydkulisse
* lydlaus
* lydleg
* lydlov
* lydlære
* lydmur
* lydmålande
* lydord
* lydovergang
* lydpotte
* lydrett
* lydsetjing
* lydsprang
* lydstudio
* lydstyrke
* lydsvinging
* lydteknikar
* lydtett
* lydtrykk
* lydverk
* medlyd
* mislyd
* muljert lyd
* nasallyd
* naselyd
* omlyd
* ordlyd
* overlydsfly
* overlydssmell
* plystrelyd
* ringelyd
* samlyd
* sjølvlyd
* skarrelyd
* slå til lyd for
* snorkelyd
* språklyd
* stengelyd
* strupelyd
* tannlyd
* tungespisslyd
* tvilyd
* ultralyd
* ulyd
* utlyd
* vellyd
* vislelyd
* vokallyd

##### Related terms

* lyda, lyde (verb)

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse hljóð n (“a sound”) with i-mutation from the j (cf. sny from snjór). Influenced by Danish lyd in many areas.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyː/
* (Volda) IPA: /lyːd/

#### Noun

lyd m or n (definite singular lyden or lydet, indefinite plural lydar or lyd, definite plural lydane or lyda)
* (dialectal) alternative form of ljod (“sound”)

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse lýðr m (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz m or f, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis m (“people”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow (up)”). Germanic cognates include Icelandic lýður m, German Leute pl, Dutch lieden pl, and Old English lēod m. Indo-European cognates include Lithuanian liáudis f (“people”), Polish ludzie m pl, and Russian люди (ljudi).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyː/

#### Noun

lyd m (definite singular lyden, indefinite plural lydar, definite plural lydane)
* (a group of) people

##### Derived terms

* festlyd
* frikyrkjelyd
* huslyd
* kongslyd
* kyrkjelyd
* landslyd
* lydkonge
* lydland
* lydrike
* møtelyd
* unglyd

##### Related terms

* lòden

### Etymology 4

From Old Norse hljóðr (“silent, taciturn”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyː/

#### Adjective

lyd (neuter lydt, definite singular and plural lyde, comparative lydare, indefinite superlative lydast, definite superlative lydaste)
* audible, clear, intelligible
* not having adequate sound isolation
* silent

##### Derived terms

* høglyd, høglydt
* lydhøyr

### Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lyː/

#### Verb

lyd
* imperative of lyda

### References

* “lyd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Verb

lyd
* imperative of lyda

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /lɨːd/
* (South Wales) IPA: /liːd/
* Homophone: lud (“soft mutation of llud (“glue; slime”)”)

### Noun

lyd
* Soft mutation of llyd (“passion”).

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.