Noun: lið
Gender: n
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | lið |
| Sg. Def. | liðit |
| Pl. Indef. | lið |
| Pl. Def. | liðin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | liðs |
| Sg. Def. | liðsins |
| Pl. Indef. | liða |
| Pl. Def. | liðanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | liði |
| Sg. Def. | liðinu |
| Pl. Indef. | liðum |
| Pl. Def. | liðunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | lið |
| Sg. Def. | liðit |
| Pl. Indef. | lið |
| Pl. Def. | liðin |
Sample Sentences
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Mál er dverga / í Dvalins liði […] (It is time for the dwarfs / of Dwalin's folk […]) [Vǫluspá, verse 14, lines 1-2, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 3]
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[…] hafdi þá ok ecki færa lid med fer, en hina fyrri vetr, […] ([…] so he had no household with him, as in the last winter, […]) [Egils saga 18, in 1809, G. Magnússon, Egils-saga: sive Egilli Skallagrimii vita. Copenhagen, page 77]
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Eiríkr konúngr hafdi VI lángſkip edr VII, ok öll vel ſkiput, þar var ok mikit lid af bændum. (King Eric had six or seven longships, all well-equipped, and there was also a large host of peasants.) [Egils saga 57, in 1809, G. Magnússon, Egils-saga: sive Egilli Skallagrimii vita. Copenhagen, page 341]
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Nu þarf hann at leggia fe til socnar eþa gefa til liþs, […] (Now he needs to provide a fee to the prosecution or to [his own] aid, […]) [Grágás, in 1829, J. F. W. Schlegel, Hin forna lögbok islendinga sem nefnist Gragas, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 144]
Nouns inflected like lið
ennitungl,
augnamein,
biskupskør,
brimsvín,
ím,
úr,
ef,
ok,
ástig,
aflát,
amboð,
grjót,
beizl,
brauð,
hljóð,
haust,
hvísl,
naust,
tungl,
kveld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Either from Proto-Germanic *lidą (“followers, flock”) or derived from líða (“to pass, go by”).
Verbs referencing "lið"
Icelandic Nouns
lið.
Translations