eiðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old English āþ, 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
  Declension of eiðr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eiðr eiðrinn eiðar eiðarnir
accusative eið eiðinn eiða eiðana
dative eiði eiðinum eiðum eiðunum
genitive eiðs eiðsins eiða eiðanna

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”)
  • eiðrof n (“breach of an oath”)
  • eiðrofi m (“perjurer”)
  • 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

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