eitr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aitrą. Cognate with English atter, Old English ātor, Old High German eitar.[1]

Noun

eitr n[2]

  1. atter (venom, pus)
  2. poison in general

Declension

Declension of eitr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eitr eitrit eitr eitrin
accusative eitr eitrit eitr eitrin
dative eitri eitrinu eitrum eitrunum
genitive eitrs eitrsins eitra eitranna

Descendants

  • Elfdalian: ietter (“venom; pus”)[1]
  • Icelandic: eitur
  • Faroese: eitur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eiter, eitr
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: eiter
  • Old Swedish: ēter
    • Swedish: etter
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: ēterkoppa
      • Swedish: etterkopp
  • Old Danish: ētær

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
  2. ^ Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eitr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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