eid
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Eid.
Noun
editeid (plural eids)
- Alternative letter-case form of Eid
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editNoun
editeid (plural eids)
- (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
edit- eid mubarak (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editNoun
editeid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida or eidene)
- an isthmus
Etymology 2
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editeid
- past participle of eie
Etymology 3
editNoun
editeid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed
References
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editeid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eidar, definite plural eidane)
Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editeid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida)
- an isthmus
Etymology 3
editFrom Arabic عِيد (ʕīd), via Persian عید ('eyd).
Noun
editeid m
- alternative form of id (“Eid”).
References
edit- “eid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editeid m
Derived terms
editDescendants
editPortuguese
editNoun
editeid m (plural eids)
- Alternative form of ide
Welsh
editPronunciation
editVerb
editeid
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