líða

From Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The sense “suffer” may be borrowed from Middle Low German, but derive from the same root in any case.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlʊija]

  Rhymes: -ʊija

líða (third person singular past indicative leið, third person plural past indicative liðu, supine liðið)

1. to elapse (time)
2. to approach
3. to move smoothly
4. to suffer

From Old Norse líða, from Proto-Germanic *līþaną. The senses “suffer, tolerate” may be borrowed from Middle Low German, but derive from the same root in any case.

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːða/

  Rhymes: -iːða

líða (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative leið, third-person plural past indicative liðu, supine liðið)

1. (of time) to pass, to go by [with dative]

   Ætluðum við ekki að hittast í vikunni sem leið?

   Weren't we going to meet last week?

   Tíminn líður.

   Time goes by.

   Þegar leið á daginn heyrðu þeir í drauginum sem bjó í fjallinu.

   They heard the ghost in the mountain as the day grew old.

2. (intransitive) to float, to glide

   Synonym: svífa

3. (impersonal, intransitive) describing a specific feeling; to feel

   Synonym: hafa

   Hvernig líður þér? - Mér líður ekki vel.

   How are you feeling? - I don't feel good.

   Mér líður vel.

   I feel good.

   Okkur líður illa.

   We feel bad.

4. to progress [intransitive or with dative]

   Synonym: ganga

   Hvernig líður náminu?

   How are your studies progressing?

5. to suffer [with accusative]

   Synonym: þjást

   Þú munt líða fyrir það sem vinir þínir gerðu.

   You shall suffer for what your friends did.

6. to endure, to tolerate [with accusative]

   Synonym: þola

   Ég líð ekki svona vitleysu!

   I do not tolerate this kind of nonsense!

• tíminn flýgur

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)