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. the third month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar
2. 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

• Anglo-Saxon calendar months: mōnaþedit

  • æfterra ġēola
  • solmōnaþ
  • hrēþmōnaþ, hlȳda
  • ēastermōnaþ
  • þrimilċe, þrimilcemōnaþ
  • ǣrra līþa, searmonaþ
  • þrilīþa
  • æfterra līþa, Mǣdmōnaþ
  • wēodmōnaþ
  • hærfestmōnaþ, hāliġmōnaþ
  • winterfylleþ
  • blōtmōnaþ
  • ǣrra ġēola

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.