tyda

tyda

1. simple past and past participle of tyde

• tydet
• tydde (simple past)
• tydd (past participle)

• tyde

From Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną.

• IPA^(key): /²tyːa/

tyda (present tense tyder, past tense tydde, past participle tydt/tydd, passive infinitive tydast, present participle tydande, imperative tyd)

1. to interpret, decipher

   Kan du tyda dette for meg?

   Can you interpret this for me?

2. to mean

   Kva skal dette tyda?

   What is this supposed to mean?

3. to indicate

   Det er lite som tyder på at fienden deira gjorde det.

   There is little to indicate that their enemy did it.

• (mean): bety

• tyding

• “tyda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish þȳþa, from Old Norse þýða, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną.

• IPA^(key): /²tyːda/, [²t̪ʰyːd̪a]

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tyda (present tyder, preterite tydde, supine tytt, imperative tyd)

1. to interpret; to understand the meaning of

   Kan du tyda min handstil?

   Can you understand my handwriting?

   Det var så mycket brus i signalen att ingen lyckades tyda den.

   There were so much noise in the signal that nobody managed to interpret it.

2. to indicate; to give a hint about an otherwise unknown fact

   Det finns inget som tyder på att sjukdomen skulle ha förvärrats.

   There is nothing indicating that the illness would have gotten worse.

• antyda
• betyda
• tydning
• uttyda

• tyda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)