hlíð

See also: hlid, hlið, and hliþ

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hlíð, from Proto-Germanic *hlīdō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l̥iːð/
    Rhymes: -iːð

Noun

hlíð f (genitive singular hlíðar, nominative plural hlíðar)

  1. slope, hillside, mountainside

Declension

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlīdō, whence also Middle Low German līd, Old High German līta, hlīta.

Noun

hlíð f (genitive hlíðar, plural hlíðir)

  1. slope

Declension

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hlíð
  • Faroese: líð
  • Norwegian Bokmål: li
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: li
  • Old Swedish: līþ
  • Old Danish: liidh

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.