Eed
English edit
Proper noun edit
Eed
- Obsolete form of Eid (“Muslim festival”).
- 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 451:
- At Nauroz and Eed festivals in Dardistan the women swing on ropes suspended from trees.
References edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Eed”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 336.
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German êt, from Old Saxon ēth, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz. More at oath.
Noun edit
Eed m (plural Eden)
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German eit, from Old High German eid. Cognate with German Eid, English oath, Dutch eed, Danish ed, Icelandic eiður.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Eed m (plural Eeder)
- oath
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:33:
- A weider hutt dir héieren, datt deene Generatioune virun iech gesot ginn ass: Du solls kee falschen Eed doen; du solls dem Här géintiwwer deng Eeder halen!
- And again you have heard that to the generations before you it was said: You shall make no false oath; you shall make your oaths towards the Lord!
- A weider hutt dir héieren, datt deene Generatioune virun iech gesot ginn ass: Du solls kee falschen Eed doen; du solls dem Här géintiwwer deng Eeder halen!
- Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:33:
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
See eed (“barren”)
Noun edit
Eed ?
Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian ēth, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ. More at oath.
Noun edit
Eed m