lya

From Old Norse hlýja, from the adjective hlýr.

• lye (e and split infinitives)

lya (present tense lyer, past tense lydde, past participle lytt/lydd, passive infinitive lyast, present participle lyande, imperative ly)

1. to warm up, give off warmth

lya (present tense lyar or lyer, past tense lya or lydde, past participle lya or lydd, present participle lyande, imperative ly)

1. Eye dialect spelling of lyde.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lya n

1. definite plural of ly

• “lya” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• yla

From Old Swedish lya, assumed to originate from an unattested Old Swedish verb similar to Old Norse hlýja (“to protect”).

lya c

1. a lair, a den, a sett; a hole in the ground for a fox, wolf or badger
2. (figurative) a (small) apartment

• gryt
• ide
• kula

• rävlya
• studentlya
• ungkarlslya

• lya in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lya in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lya in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• yla

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *dɪ́á-.

• IPA^(key): /lja/

lya (apocopic form ly')

1. class 5 indefinite of -a