hyd

hyd

1. simple past of hyde

hyd

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of how('re) you doing. (how are you doing?)

hyd (plural hydes or hyden)

1. Alternative form of hyde (“skin”)

hyd (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hide (“concealment, hiding”)

hyd

1. Alternative form of hyed: simple past/past participle of hyen (“to go quickly”)

hyd

1. Alternative form of hidde: simple past/past participle of hiden (“to hide”)

From Proto-West Germanic *hūdi, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz.

Cognate with Old Frisian hūd, Old Saxon hūt, Old High German hūt, Old Norse húð; and with Latin cutis, Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).

• IPA^(key): /xyːd/, [hyːd]

hȳd f

1. skin, hide

Strong i-stem:

• Middle English: hyde, hyd, hide, hid, hude, huyde, huide (Southern, Southwestern)
  • English: hide
  • Scots: hide, hyde

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gydъ.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɦit]

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hyd m inan (collective, singular only)

1. (colloquial) poultry

• “hyd”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

From Middle Welsh hyt, from Old Welsh hit, from Proto-Celtic *siti- (“length”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /hɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /hiːd/
• Rhymes: -ɨːd

hyd m (plural hydoedd, not mutable)

1. length

• gwrhyd (“fathom”)
• hydred (“longitude”)

hyd (triggers soft mutation)

1. until

   Synonyms: nes, tan

• ar hyd (“along; throughout”)
• hyd at (“up to, as far as”)
• hyd yn hyn (“so far”)
• hyd yn oed (“even”)
• o hyd (“still; always”)
• dod o hyd (“to find”)

hyd (triggers soft mutation)

1. until

   Synonyms: hyd nes, nes, tan

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hyd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies