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hlýd

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hlýd, e; f.
Rumour, noise made in discussing an event
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  • Mardocheus wearð þurh þá micclan hlýde cúð þám cyninge

    the matter made such a great noise that Mordecai became known to the king,

    • Hml. A. 95, 120.
    [In Ps. Spl. T. 9, 7 perhaps hlydne arises from confusion between hlynne (v. hlyn) and hlýde.]
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. hlútí sonas, sonitus, clangor.
]
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