eitr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *aitrą, whence also Old English ātor, Old High German eitar.[1]

Noun[edit]

eitr n[2]

  1. poison
  2. venom, specifically snake venom and the like

Declension[edit]

  Declension of eitr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eitr eitrit eitr eitrin
accusative eitr eitrit eitr eitrin
dative eitri eitrinu eitrum eitrunum
genitive eitrs eitrsins eitra eitranna

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
  2. ^ “eitr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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