eid

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

English

Etymology 1

From Eid.

Noun

eid (uncountable)

  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 eō (“go, proceed”, verb).

Alternative forms

Noun

eid (plural eids)

  1. (Britain 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.

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

  • IPA(key): /æɪd/

Noun

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

  1. an isthmus

References

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

eid

  1. past participle of eie

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. an oath

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æɪd/

Noun

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

  1. an isthmus

References

Old High German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /eit/

Noun

eid m

  1. oath

Descendants

  • Middle High German: eit
    • German: Eid
    • Luxembourgish: Eed
  • ⇒ Old High German: aidos (“oath-helpers”, plural)

Portuguese

Noun

eid m (plural eids)

  1. (Islam) Eid (Muslim religious festival)

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ei̯d/

Verb

eid

  1. (literary) impersonal imperfect / conditional of mynd

Synonyms

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