eid

See also: EID, Eid, eID, eið, 'eid, -eid, 'Eid, and e-ID

English

Etymology 1

From Eid.

Noun

eid (plural eids)

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

• ed, aith

Noun

eid (plural eids)

1. (UK 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.

See also

• eid mubarak (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• -ide, DEI, EDI, IDE, IED, Ide, die, ide

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• eiet
• ått

Verb

eid

1. past participle of eie

Etymology 3

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed

References

• “eid”, in: Bjorvand & Lindeman, Våre arveord, rev. ed. Oslo, 2007.
• “eid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• e, ed (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪː(d)/

Noun

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

1. an oath
2. an expletive

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.

Alternative forms

• e (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪː(d)/

Noun

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

1. an isthmus

Etymology 3

From Arabic عِيد‎ (ʕīd), via Persian عید‎ ('eyd).

Noun

eid m

1. alternative form of id (“Eid”).

References

• “eid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Alternative forms

• aid — Lombardic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, 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

Derived terms

• ahteid

Descendants

• Middle High German: eit
  • German: Eid
  • Luxembourgish: Eed
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]

• ⇒ Lombardic: *aido (“oath-helper”) (attested as aidos pl (“oath-helpers”))

Portuguese

Noun

eid m (plural eids)

1. Alternative form of ide

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ei̯d/

Verb

eid

1. (literary) impersonal imperfect/conditional of mynd

Synonyms

• elid