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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse eitra, from Proto-Germanic *aitrōną (“to fester, putrify, poison”).
Pronunciation
Verb
eitra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eitraði, supine eitrað)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to poison
- Synonym: byrla
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Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
eitra n
- definite plural of eiter
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
eitra n
- definite plural of eiter
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