Icelandic

Noun

hljóð n ‎(genitive singular hljóðs, nominative plural hljóð)

1. (countable and uncountable) sound
2. a cry
3. silence

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Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hliod (Codex Regius)
• hlioð (Hauksbók)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hleuþą ‎(“sound”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 ‎(hliuþ).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈl̥joːð/

Noun

hljóð n (genitive hljóðs, plural hljóð)

1. silence, hearing
   • Vǫluspá, verse 1, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:

     Hljóðs bið ek allar / helgar kindir, […]

     For silence I ask / all holy kindreds […]

2. a sound, cry
   • Saga Hákonar, Guttorms ok Inga 12, in 1835, F. Magnússon, C. C. Rafn, Fornmanna sögur, Volume IX. Copenhagen, page 30:

     Þorfinnr kom aungu hljóði í lúðrinn, […]

     Thorfinn couldn't blow a sound from the trumpet, […]

3. a musical sound, tune, music
   • Guðmundar saga 28, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 454:

     […] þangat mantu heyra söng fagran ok hljóð mikit ok dýrðlikt, […]

     […] thither you will hear songs beautiful and music great and glorious, […]

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References

• hljóð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
• hljóð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.