different between eid vs eild

English

Etymology 1

From Eid.

Noun

eid (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid

Etymology 2

From English dialectal eid, from Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), from Proto-Germanic *aidij? (“isthmus, strait”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“to go”). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (“isthmus”), Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), Swedish ed. Compare Latin e? (“go, proceed”, verb).

Alternative forms

• ed, aith

Noun

eid (plural eids)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) An isthmus or narrow neck of land jutting out into the sea; a sandbank cast up by the sea across the head of an open bight or inlet and having a lagoon inside it.

Anagrams

• -ide, EDI, IDE, IED, Ide, die, ide

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aid?, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?d/

Noun

eid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida or eidene)

1. an isthmus

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• eiet
• ått

Verb

eid

1. past participle of eie

Etymology 3

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eider, definite plural eidene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed

References

• “eid”, in: Bjorvand & Lindeman, Våre arveord, rev. ed. Oslo, 2007.
• “eid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??d/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

eid m (definite singular eiden, indefinite plural eidar, definite plural eidane)

1. an oath
2. an expletive

Etymology 2

From Old Norse eið, from Proto-Germanic *aidij?, probably related to Proto-Indo-European *h?ey- (“go”) and Latin eo. Cognate with Swedish ed, Icelandic eið, and Faroese eið.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ??d/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

eid n (definite singular eidet, indefinite plural eid, definite plural eida)

1. an isthmus

Etymology 3

From Arabic ????? (??d), via Persian ???? ('eid).

Noun

eid m

1. alternative form of id (“Eid”).

References

• “eid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiþ, from Proto-Germanic *aiþaz, whence also Old Saxon ?th, Old English ?þ, Old Norse eiðr, Gothic ???????????????? (aiþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *oyt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eit/

Noun

eid m

1. oath

Descendants

• Middle High German: eit
  • German: Eid
  • Luxembourgish: Eed
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Frankfurterisch: IPA [ait]

• ? Old High German: aidos pl (“oath-helpers”)

Portuguese

Noun

eid m (plural eids)

1. (Islam) Eid (Muslim religious festival)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ei?d/

Verb

eid

1. (literary) impersonal imperfect/conditional of mynd

Synonyms

• elid

English

Etymology

See eld.

Noun

eild (uncountable)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, Scotland) Age.
   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso:
     • Book III, xxxv:

     His age was full of puissance and might, / Two sons he had to guard his noble eild.

     • Book IV, xliv:

     Mine uncle govern'd in my tender eild.

Anagrams

• Diel, IDLE, Idle, deli, diel, idle, lied

Scots

Alternative forms

• eld, eel, dever, eil, eill, ield

Etymology

From Early Scots ?eild, from Old English ?elde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?l/, /?j?ld/, /?jil/, /?jild/
• (Hawick) IPA^(key): /?ild/

Adjective

eild (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Barren or no longer producing milk (of a female mammal, especially a domestic animal).

Noun

eild (plural eilds)

1. (archaic) An animal which is barren or no longer producing milk.
2. (archaic) Cattle specifically raised for slaughter.