eiðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛉ (*aiþaʀ) (attested in the name ᚨᛁᚦᚨᛚᚨᛏᚨᛉ (aiþalātaz)), from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old English āþ (English oath), Old Frisian ēth, Old Saxon ēth, Old High German eid, Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óytos (oath).

Noun

eiðr m

  1. oath

Declension

Derived terms

  • eiðabrigði n (breach of an oath)
  • eiðafullting n (oath-help)
  • eiðakona f (female compurgator)
  • eiðalið n (oath compurgators)
  • eiðamál n (the matter of taking an oath)
  • eiðbróðir m (a sworn confederate)
  • eiðbundinn (oath-bound)
  • eiðfall n (failing in one's oath)
  • eiðfœra (to charge one with a thing by an oath)
  • eiðfœring f (charging by an oath)
  • eiðfœrr (able or competent to take an oath)
  • eiðfœrsla f (charging by an oath)
  • eiðhjǫlp f (oath-help)
  • eiðlaust (without an oath)
  • eiðrofi m (perjurer)
  • eiðrof n (breach of an oath)
  • eiðspjall n (taking of an oath)
  • eiðstafr m (oath formula)
  • eiðsvari m (liegeman)
  • eiðsœrr (that may be sworn to, absolutely true)
  • eiðunning f (taking of an oath)
  • eiðvarr (conscientious as to an oath)
  • eiðvætti n (testimony on oath)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eiður
  • Faroese: eiður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eid
  • Old Swedish: ēþer
    • Swedish: ed
  • Old Danish: ēþ, eth
    • Danish: ed
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ed
  • Old Gutnish: aiþr

References

  • eiðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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