eid
English
Etymology 1
From Eid.
Noun
eid (plural eids)
- Alternative letter-case form of Eid.
Etymology 2
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
Noun
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
- eid mubarak (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
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)
- an isthmus
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
eid
- past participle of eie
Etymology 3
Noun
eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛɪː(d)/
Noun
eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eidar, definite plural eidane)
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)
- an isthmus
Etymology 3
From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd), via Persian عید ('eyd).
Noun
eid m
- alternative form of id (“Eid”)
References
- “eid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Alternative forms
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
Derived terms
Descendants
Portuguese
Noun
eid m (plural eids)
- alternative form of ide
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ei̯d/
Verb
eid
- (literary) impersonal imperfect/conditional of mynd