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flyde

Pronunciation: /flyːðə/

“flyde” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to flow (run from one place to another, of a liquid)
  2. to be liquid
  3. to be in a mess
  4. to float (lie or move on the surface of a liquid)
  5. to relax

Etymology

From Old Danish flytæ, from Old Norse fljóta (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”). Cognate with Swedish flyta, English fleet, German fließen, Dutch vlieten.

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