eiðr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛉ (*aiþaʀ) (attested in the name ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (aiþalātaz)), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old English āþ (English oath), Old Frisian ēth, Old Saxon ēth, Old High German eid, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos (“oath”).

Noun

eiðr m

oath

Declension

Declension of eiðr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eiðr	eiðrinn	eiðar	eiðarnir
accusative	eið	eiðinn	eiða	eiðana
dative	eiði	eiðinum	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðs	eiðsins	eiða	eiðanna

Derived terms

eiðabrigði n (“breach of an oath”)
eiðafullting n (“oath-help”)
eiðakona f (“female compurgator”)
eiðalið n (“oath compurgators”)
eiðamál n (“the matter of taking an oath”)
eiðbróðir m (“a sworn confederate”)
eiðbundinn (“oath-bound”)
eiðfall n (“failing in one's oath”)
eiðfœra (“to charge one with a thing by an oath”)
eiðfœring f (“charging by an oath”)
eiðfœrr (“able or competent to take an oath”)
eiðfœrsla f (“charging by an oath”)
eiðhjǫlp f (“oath-help”)
eiðlaust (“without an oath”)
eiðrofi m (“perjurer”)
eiðrof n (“breach of an oath”)
eiðspjall n (“taking of an oath”)
eiðstafr m (“oath formula”)
eiðsvari m (“liegeman”)
eiðsœrr (“that may be sworn to, absolutely true”)
eiðunning f (“taking of an oath”)
eiðvarr (“conscientious as to an oath”)
eiðvætti n (“testimony on oath”)

Descendants

Icelandic: eiður
Faroese: eiður
Norwegian Nynorsk: eid
Old Swedish: ēþer
- Swedish: ed
Old Danish: ēþ, eth
- Danish: ed
  - Norwegian Bokmål: ed
Old Gutnish: aiþr
- Gutnish: aid

References

eiðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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