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Icelandic
Noun
eyðir m (genitive singular eyðis, nominative plural eyðar)
- (archaic or poetic) destroyer, sharer
- used in kennings for men in conjunction with names for weapons or gold (e.g. eyðir menja 'destroyer of necklaces')
Declension
Declension of eyðir (masculine)
References
- Finnur Jónsson, Ordbog til de af Samfund til Udg. ad Gml. Nord. Litteratur Udgivne Rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek Udgivne Bósarimur, Samfund til Udg. ad Gml. Nord. Litteratur, 51 (Copenhagen: Jørgensen, 1926–28), s.v. eyðir.