eið

See also: eid, eith, Eid, -eid, 'eid, and 'Eid

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaiːj/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eið, in turn from Proto-Germanic *aidiją, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁y- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Old Swedish ēþ (Modern Swedish ed) and Norwegian eid. More at eid.

Alternative forms

eiði

Noun

eið n (genitive singular eiðs, plural eið)

isthmus

Declension

Declension of eið
n4	singular		plural
n4	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eið	eiðið	eið	eiðini
accusative	eið	eiðið	eið	eiðini
dative	eið, eiði	eiðnum	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðs	eiðsins	eiða	eiðanna

Etymology 2

From the noun eiður.

Noun

eið

accusative singular of eiður

Icelandic

Noun

eið

indefinite accusative singular of eiður

Old Norse

Alternative forms

eiði

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aidą, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁y- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Old Swedish ēþ (Modern Swedish ed) and Norwegian Bokmål eid.

Noun

eið n (genitive eiðs, dative eiði, plural eið)

isthmus

Declension

Declension of eið (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eið	eiðit	eið	eiðin
accusative	eið	eiðit	eið	eiðin
dative	eiði	eiðinu	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðs	eiðsins	eiða	eiðanna

Descendants

Icelandic: eið, eiði
Faroese: eið, eiði
Norn: ed
Norwegian: eid (Bokmål), eid (Nynorsk)
Old Swedish: ēþ
- Swedish: ed
→ English: eid (dialectal)

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