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, þrimilċemōnaþ
• ǣrra līþa, searmonaþ
• þrilīþa
• æfterra līþa, Mǣdmōnaþ
• wēodmōnaþ
• hærfestmōnaþ, hāliġmōnaþ
• winterfylleþ
• blōtmōnaþ
• ǣrra ġēola

References

• Holthausen, Ferdinand (1963) [1934], “hlȳda m.”, in Altenglisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old English Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, →OCLC, page 164.
• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hlȳda”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.