lyte

See also: -lyte

Middle English

Noun

lyte (plural lytes)

1. Alternative form of light

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýta.

Alternative forms

• lyte (e- and split infinitives)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lyːtə/

Verb

lyte (present tense lytar/lyter, past tense lyta/lytte, past participle lyta/lytt, passive infinitive lytast, present participle lytande, imperative lyte/lyt)

1. to scathe

Related terms

• ljot (adjective)
• lyte n (Etymology 2)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýti f (“ugliness”) and Old Norse lýti n (“flaw”). Akin to Danish lyde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lyːtə/

Noun

lyte n (definite singular lytet, indefinite plural lyte, definite plural lyta)

1. a flaw

   Synonym: skavank

Derived terms

• lytefri

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hljóta (“to get by lot”), from Proto-Germanic *hleutaną.

Alternative forms

• lyta (a-infinitive)
• ljota, ljote (non-standard since 2012)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lyːtə/

Verb

lyte (present tense lyt, past tense laut, supine lote, past participle loten, present participle lytande)

1. to have to, must

   Synonyms: måtta, skulla

   No lyt eg gå heim.

   I have to go home now.

References

• “lyte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• tyle, ylet, ylte

Swedish

Noun

lyte n

1. bodily defect, bodily deformity
2. (figuratively) fault, vice

Declension

Declension of lyte

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lyte	lytes
	definite	lytet	lytets
plural	indefinite	lyten	lytens
	definite	lytena	lytenas

Derived terms

• lyte och men
• lyteskomik

Related terms

• lytt

References

• lyte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lyte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lyte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ylet