Eed

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See also: eed, -eed, and -ээд

English

Proper noun

Eed

  1. Obsolete form of Eid (“Muslim festival”).
    • 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 451:
      At Nauroz and Eed festivals in Dardistan the women swing on ropes suspended from trees.

References

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German êt, from Old Saxon ēth, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz. More at oath.

Noun

Eed m (plural Eden)

  1. oath

Luxembourgish

FWOTD – 13 October 2014

Etymology

From Middle High German eit, from Old High German eid. Cognate with German Eid, English oath, Dutch eed, Danish ed, Icelandic eiður.

Pronunciation

Noun

Eed m (plural Eeder)

  1. oath
    • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:33:
      A weider hutt dir héieren, datt deene Generatioune virun iech gesot ginn ass: Du solls kee falschen Eed doen; du solls dem Här géintiwwer deng Eeder halen!
      And again you have heard that to the generations before you it was said: You shall make no false oath; you shall make your oaths towards the Lord!

Plautdietsch

Etymology

See eed (“barren”)

Noun

Eed ?

  1. bareness
  2. desert
  3. desolation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ēth, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ. More at oath.

Noun

Eed m

  1. oath
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