hydan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *huʀdijan. Cognate with Old Frisian hēda, Middle Dutch huden, Middle High German hürten. Also related to Welsh cudd, Latin custōs, and Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthō). Equivalent to hord +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxyː.dɑn/, [ˈhyː.dɑn]

Verb

hȳdan

1. (transitive) to hide or conceal
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Þēah þe græf wille golde strēġan brōþor his ġeborenum, byrġan be dēadum, māþmum mislīċum þæt hine mid wille, ne mæġ þǣre sāwle þe biþ synna ful gold tō ġēoce for godes eġsan, þonne hē hit ǣr hȳdeð þenden hē hēr leofað.

     Even if a brother would like to strew gold on grave for his kinsmen, to bury next to the dead with manifold riches that he would like to have with him, gold cannot be a help for this soul, who is full of sins, before the dread of God, after he first hides it while he lives here.

2. (intransitive) to hide

Conjugation

Conjugation of hȳdan (weak, class 1)

infinitive	hȳdan	hȳdenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	hȳde	hȳdde
second person singular	hȳdest, hȳtst	hȳddest
third person singular	hȳdeþ, hȳtt, hȳt	hȳdde
plural	hȳdaþ	hȳddon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	hȳde	hȳdde
plural	hȳden	hȳdden
imperative
singular	hȳd
plural	hȳdaþ
participle	present	past
	hȳdende	(ġe)hȳded

Synonyms

• helan

Derived terms

• āhȳdan
• behȳdan
• forhȳdan
• ġehȳdan

Descendants

• Middle English: huden, hyden, hiden
  • English: hide
  • Scots: hide, hyde