eiður

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjʊɹ/

  Rhymes: -aiːjʊɹ

  Homophone: eigur

Noun

eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir)

1. oath
2. swear word

Declension

m12	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eiður	eiðurin	eiðir	eiðirnir
accusative	eið	eiðin	eiðir	eiðirnar
dative	eiði	eiðinum	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðar	eiðarins	eiða	eiðanna

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːðʏr/

  Rhymes: -eiːðʏr

  Homophone: Eiður, eyður

Noun

eiður m (genitive singular eiðs, nominative plural eiðar)

1. oath

Declension

Declension of eiður (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eiður	eiðurinn	eiðar	eiðarnir
accusative	eið	eiðinn	eiða	eiðana
dative	eiði	eiðnum, eiðinum	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðs	eiðsins	eiða	eiðanna

Derived terms

• hollustueiður

Further reading

• “eiður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)