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lyde

“lyde” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. flaw, blemish

verb

  1. to sound, to be realized
  2. to sound (some way)
  3. to obey

Etymology

From Old Norse lýti f (“ugliness”), lýti n (“flaw”), from Proto-Germanic *liutį̄ f (“deceit”), cognate with Swedish lyte n (“defect”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐌴𐌹 f (liutei). Derived from the adjective *leutaz (“deceitful”), cf. Old Norse ljótr (“ugly”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍄𐍃 (liuts, “dishonest”).

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