hlynan

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hlunjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlunjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *klun-. Related to hlyn, hlynn (“noise, sound”). Cognate with Old Saxon hlun (“din, uproar”), Old Swedish Lyniendi (“the noisy one; name of a lake”).

Verb

hlynan

  1. to make noise
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