eid

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See also: EID, Eid, eID, eið, 'eid, -eid, 'Eid, and e-ID

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Etymology 1

From Eid.

Noun

eid (plural eids)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid

Etymology 2

From English dialectal eid, from Old Norse eið (an isthmus, neck of land), from Proto-Germanic *aidiją (isthmus, strait), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (to go). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (isthmus), Norwegian eid (isthmus), Swedish ed. Compare Latin (go, proceed, verb).

Alternative forms

Noun

eid (plural eids)

  1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.

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Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidą, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (go) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Pronunciation

Noun

eid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida or eidene)

  1. an isthmus

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

eid

  1. past participle of eie

Etymology 3

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Alternative forms

  • e, ed (dialectal)

Pronunciation

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eidar, definite plural eidane)

  1. an oath
  2. an expletive

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (go) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Alternative forms

  • e (dialectal)

Pronunciation

Noun

eid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida)

  1. an isthmus

Etymology 3

From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd), via Persian عید ('eyd).

Noun

eid m

  1. alternative form of id (Eid).

References

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • aidLombardic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old Saxon ēth, Old English āþ, Old Norse eiðr, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Pronunciation

Noun

eid m

  1. oath

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle High German: eit
    • German: Eid
    • Luxembourgish: Eed
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Frankfurterisch: IPA
  • Lombardic: *aido (oath-helper) (attested as aidos pl (oath-helpers))

Portuguese

Noun

eid m (plural eids)

  1. Alternative form of ide

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

eid

  1. (literary) impersonal imperfect/conditional of mynd

Synonyms