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- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed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