eid

From Eid.

eid (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid

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).

• ed, aith

eid (plural eids)

1. (Britain 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.

• -ide, EDI, IDE, IED, Ide, die, ide

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.

• IPA^(key): /æɪd/

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

1. an isthmus

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

• eiet
• ått

eid

1. past participle of eie

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

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

1. an oath

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.

• IPA^(key): /æɪd/

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

1. an isthmus

• “eid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old Saxon ēth, Old English āþ, Old Norse eiðr, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

• IPA^(key): /eit/

eid m

1. oath

• Middle High German: eit
  • German: Eid
  • Luxembourgish: Eed
• ⇒ Old High German: aidos pl (“oath-helpers”)

eid m (plural eids)

1. (Islam) Eid (Muslim religious festival)

• IPA^(key): /ei̯d/

eid

1. (literary) impersonal imperfect and conditional of mynd

• elid