eid

Noun

eid (plural eids)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid

Alternative forms

• ed, aith

Noun

eid (plural eids)

1. (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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æɪd/

Noun

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

1. an isthmus

Alternative forms

• eiet
• ått

Verb

eid

1. past participle of eie

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed

References

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

Alternative forms

• e, ed (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪː(d)/

Noun

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

1. an oath
2. an expletive

Alternative forms

• e (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪː(d)/

Noun

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

1. an isthmus

Noun

eid m

1. alternative form of id (“Eid”).

Derived terms

• ahteid

Descendants

• Middle High German: eit
  • German: Eid
  • Luxembourgish: Eed
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]

• ⇒ Lombardic: *aido (“oath-helper”) (attested as aidos pl (“oath-helpers”))

Synonyms

• elid