Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Old Swedish liūdha, from Old Norse hljóða (sound), equivalent to ljud +‎ -a.

Verb

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ljuda (present ljuder, preterite ljöd, supine ljudit, imperative ljud)

  1. to sound (loudly), to resound
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Etymology 2

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Semantic calque of English sounding, surface level ljud + -a

Verb

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ljuda (present ljudar, preterite ljudade, supine ljudat, imperative ljuda)

  1. to learn reading by sounding each letter before joining them into words
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