hlyda

Old English

Etymology

From hlȳdan (“to make noise”) +‎ -a (agentive suffix), literally “noise-maker”, referring to the strong winds of March.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlyː.dɑ/, [ˈl̥yː.dɑ]

Proper noun

hlȳda m

1. March

   Synonym: hrēþmōnaþ

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	hlȳda	hlȳdan
accusative	hlȳdan	hlȳdan
genitive	hlȳdan	hlȳdena
dative	hlȳdan	hlȳdum

Descendants

• Middle English: Lyde, lude, Lude, luyde (Southern), lyde
  • English: Lide (obsolete)

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) mōnaþ; æfterra ġēola (“January”), solmōnaþ (“Februrary”), hrēþmōnaþ (“March”), ēastermōnaþ (“April”), þrimilcemōnaþ (“May”), searmonaþ (“June”), æfterra līþa, Mǣdmōnaþ (“July”), wēodmōnaþ (“August”), hærfestmōnaþ, hāliġmōnaþ (“September”), winterfylleþ (“October”), blōtmōnaþ (“November”), ǣrra ġēola (“December”) ^{(Category: ang:Months)}

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hlȳda”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.