eiðr
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛉ (*aiþaʀ) (attested in the name ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (aiþalataʀ)), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old English āþ (English oath), Old Frisian ēth, Old Saxon ēth, Old High German eid, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos (“oath”).
Noun
eiðr m
Declension
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eiðr | eiðrinn | eiðar | eiðarnir |
| accusative | eið | eiðinn | eiða | eiðana |
| dative | eiði | eiðinum | eiðum | eiðunum |
| genitive | eiðs | eiðsins | eiða | eiðanna |
Derived terms
- eiðabrigði n (“breach of an oath”)
- eiðafullting n (“oath-help”)
- eiðakona f (“female compurgator”)
- eiðalið n (“oath compurgators”)
- eiðamál n (“the matter of taking an oath”)
- eiðbróðir m (“a sworn confederate”)
- eiðbundinn (“oath-bound”)
- eiðfall n (“failing in one's oath”)
- eiðfœra (“to charge one with a thing by an oath”)
- eiðfœring f (“charging by an oath”)
- eiðfœrr (“able or competent to take an oath”)
- eiðfœrsla f (“charging by an oath”)
- eiðhjǫlp f (“oath-help”)
- eiðlaust (“without an oath”)
- eiðrof n (“breach of an oath”)
- eiðrofi m (“perjurer”)
- eiðspjall n (“taking of an oath”)
- eiðstafr m (“oath formula”)
- eiðsvari m (“liegeman”)
- eiðsœrr (“that may be sworn to, absolutely true”)
- eiðunning f (“taking of an oath”)
- eiðvarr (“conscientious as to an oath”)
- eiðvætti n (“testimony on oath”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eiðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 104; also available at the Internet Archive