different between eid vs meid

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ed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

Borrowed from Afrikaans meid, from Dutch meid. Doublet of maid.

Pronunciation

• (S Africa, UK) IPA^(key): /me?t/

Noun

meid (plural meide)

1. (South Africa, offensive) A young black woman. [from 20th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 113:

     The last time she heard Capt Stolz saying: ‘Come on, meid, speak up. Or do you want to die like Gordon Ngubene?’

Anagrams

• Demi, Diem, Dime, demi, demi-, dime, idem

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch meid (“girl”).

Noun

meid (plural meide)

1. (now offensive) A young Black woman.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch meit, variant of meget, from Old Dutch *megith, *magath, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs. Doublet of maagd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?i?t/
• Hyphenation: meid
• Rhymes: -?i?t
• Homophones: mijd, mijdt, mijt

Noun

meid f (plural meiden, diminutive meisje n or meiske n or meidje n)

1. girl, lass

2. maid

   Synonyms: bode, deerne, dienstbode, dienstmaagd

3. Commonly used as an address for female pets, especially female dogs.

Usage notes

• Use in the singular may connote fortitude, bravery or acting like a grown-up, but it may also connote vulgarity or subservience due to the meaning “maid”. These connotations are much weaker in the plural, which can be used neutrally with little regard for context.
• Use for adult women (and to a lesser degree for older adolescent girls) is often considered patronising, which is especially true of the diminutives.
• The diminutive meidje is uncommon; the regular diminutive is meisje along with its variants meiske and meisie.

Derived terms

• dienstmeid
• huismeid
• keukenmeid
• meis
• meisje

Anagrams

• idem

Middle English

Noun

meid

1. Alternative form of mede (“reward”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

meid m (definite singular meiden, indefinite plural meidar, definite plural meidane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1901; superseded by mei

Veps

Pronoun

meid

1. partitive of mö