eitra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eitra, from Proto-Germanic *aitrōną (to fester, putrify, poison).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeiːtra/

Verb

eitra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eitraði, supine eitrað)

  1. to poison [with accusative]
    Synonym: byrla

Derived terms

  • eitra fyrir

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eitra n

  1. definite plural of eiter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɪːtra/, /ˈɛɪtra/

Noun

eitra n

  1. definite plural of eiter

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