flyde

From Old Danish flytæ, from Old Norse fljóta (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną (“to float”). Cognate with Swedish flyta, English fleet, German fließen, Dutch vlieten.

• IPA^(key): /flyːðə/, [ˈflyðð̩]

flyde (past tense flød, past participle flydt)

1. to flow (run from one place to another, of a liquid)
2. to be liquid
3. (figuratively) to be in a mess
4. to float (lie or move on the surface of a liquid)
5. (figuratively) to relax

• flyder
• flydning
• flydeevne
• fritflydende

• “flyde” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “flyde” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog