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hlýda

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hlýda, an; m.
The month noisy with wind and storm, March
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  • Hagolscúrum færþ geond middangeard Martius réðe Hlýda

    with hail-showers passes through the earth rude March [which we call] Hlyda,

    • Menol. Fox 74;
    • Men. 37.

  • Mónaþ Martius ðe menn hátaþ hlýda,

      Lchdm. iii. 152. 30.

  • Ðæs mónþes ðe wé hátaþ Martius ðone gé hátaþ Hlýda,

    • Homl. Th. i. 100, 5.

  • On Martio ðæt is on hlýdan mónþe,

    • Lchdm. iii. 152, 9;
    • 250, 5.

  • Se ǽresta frigedæg ðe man sceal fæsten is on hlýdan

    the first Friday to fast on is in March,

    • 228, 21.
Etymology
[Lide as a name for March is given in the E. D. S. East Cornwall Glossary.]
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v.  hlýd-mónaþ.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hlýda.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19313.

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