eiður

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaiːjʊɹ/
Rhymes: -aiːjʊɹ

Homophone: eigur

Noun

eiður m (genitive singular eiðar, plural eiðir)

Declension

m12	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	eiður	eiðurin	eiðir	eiðirnir
Accusative	eið	eiðin	eiðir	eiðirnar
Dative	eiði	eiðinum	eiðum	eiðunum
Genitive	eiðar	eiðarins	eiða	eiðanna

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeiːðʏr/
Rhymes: -eiːðʏr

Homophones: Eiður, eyður

Noun

eiður m (genitive singular eiðs, nominative plural eiðar)

oath

Declension

declension of eiður

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
m-s1	singular		plural
nominative	eið	eiðinn	eiðar	eiðarnir
accusative	eið	eiðinn	eiða	eiðana
dative	eiði	eiðinum	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðs	eiðsins	eiða	eiðanna

Derived terms

hollustueiður

Further reading

“eiður” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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