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See also: EID, Eid, eID, eið, 'eid, -eid, 'Eid, and e-ID

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Etymology 1

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From Eid.

Noun

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eid (plural eids)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid

Etymology 2

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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 (go, proceed, verb).

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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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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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.

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

  1. an isthmus

Etymology 2

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Verb

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eid

  1. past participle of eie

Etymology 3

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

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse eiðr, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

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Noun

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

  1. an oath
  2. an expletive

Etymology 2

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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.

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

  1. an isthmus

Etymology 3

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From Arabic عِيد (ʕīd), via Persian عید ('eyd).

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eid m

  1. alternative form of id (Eid).

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Old High German

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Etymology

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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-.

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eid m

  1. oath

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Descendants

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  • Middle High German: eit
    • German: Eid
    • Luxembourgish: Eed
    • Rhine Franconian:
      Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]
  • Lombardic: *aido (oath-helper) (attested as aidos pl (oath-helpers))

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Noun

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eid m (plural eids)

  1. Alternative form of ide

Welsh

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Verb

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eid

  1. (literary) impersonal imperfect/conditional of mynd

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