From Old Norse auðr, from Proto-Germanic *audaz whence also Icelandic auður. Cognate with Old Saxon ōd; Old English ēad (“happiness”); Old High German ōt.
eyður m (genitive singular eyðs, uncountable)
| Declension of eyður (singular only) | ||
|---|---|---|
| m6s | singular | |
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eyður | eyðurin |
| accusative | eyð | eyðin |
| dative | eyði | eyðinum |
| genitive | eyðs | eyðsins |
From Old Norse auðr (“desolate”), from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz whence also Icelandic auður, Norwegian aud and ød, Danish ød, Swedish öd. Cognate with Old English ēaþ, īeþe, and Old High German ōdi.
eyður (comparative eyðari, superlative eyðastur)
| eyður a15 | |||
| Singular (eintal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eyður | eyð | eytt |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | eyðan | eyða | |
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | eyðum | eyðari | eyðum |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (eyðs) | (eyðar) | (eyðs) |
| Plural (fleirtal) | m (kallkyn) | f (kvennkyn) | n (hvørkikyn) |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eyðir | eyðar | eyð |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | eyðar | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | eyðum | ||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | (eyða) | ||