eiða

See also: eida

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aiþį̄, *aiþǭ.

Noun

eiða f

1. (poetic) mother

Declension

  Declension of eiða (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eiða	eiðan	eiður	eiðurnar
accusative	eiðu	eiðuna	eiður	eiðurnar
dative	eiðu	eiðunni	eiðum	eiðunum
genitive	eiðu	eiðunnar	eiðna	eiðnanna

References

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

eiða

1. genitive plural of eið
2. genitive plural of eiði
3. genitive plural of eiðr