flóð

From Old Norse flóð, from Proto-Germanic *flōdą, a byform of *flōduz.

Cognate with Norwegian, Swedish and Danish flod, English flood, Dutch vloed, German Flut.

• IPA^(key): /flouːð/

  Rhymes: -ouːð

flóð n (genitive singular flóðs, nominative plural flóð)

1. flood, deluge, inundation
2. high tide

From Proto-Germanic *flōduz (“river; flood”). Cognate with Old English flōd, Old Frisian flōd, Old Saxon flōd, Old Dutch fluod, Old High German fluot, Gothic 𐍆𐌻𐍉𐌳𐌿𐍃 (flōdus).

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈfloːð/

flóð n

1. a flood, inundation, an overflow of water.
2. a high tide.

• Icelandic: flóð n
• Faroese: flóð f
• Norwegian: flod c
• Swedish: flod c
• Danish: flod c
• →? Old French: flueve (possibly)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “flóð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 142; also available at the Internet Archive