Eed

See also: eed, -eed, and -ээд

English

Proper noun

Eed

1. Obsolete form of Eid (“Muslim festival, especially Eid al-Fitr”).
   • 1868 February 7, "Englishman", "Attempted Assassination of Sir Salar Jung...", Hyderabad Times, Vol. III, p. 41:

     Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.

   • 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 451:

     At Nauroz and Eed festivals in Dardistan the women swing on ropes suspended from trees.

References

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Eed”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 336.

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German êt, from Old Saxon ēth, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz. More at oath.

Noun

Eed m (plural Eden) (German Low German)

1. oath

Luxembourgish

FWOTD – 13 October 2014

Etymology

From Middle High German eit, from Old High German eid. Cognate with German Eid, English oath, Dutch eed, Danish ed, Icelandic eiður.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːt/
  • Rhymes: -eːt

Noun

Eed m (plural Eeder)

1. oath
   • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:33:

     A weider hutt dir héieren, datt deene Generatioune virun iech gesot ginn ass: Du solls kee falschen Eed doen; du solls dem Här géintiwwer deng Eeder halen!

     And again you have heard that to the generations before you it was said: You shall make no false oath; you shall make your oaths towards the Lord!

Plautdietsch

Etymology

See eed (“barren”)

Noun

Eed ?

1. bareness
2. desert
3. desolation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ēth, from Proto-West Germanic *aiþ. More at oath.

Noun

Eed m

1. oath