Eid

From Eid.

Full definition of eid

Noun

1. Alternative capitalization of Eid

From English dialectal eid, from Old Norse eið ("an isthmus, neck of land"), from Proto-Germanic *aidą ("isthmus, strait"), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁y- ("to go"). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði ("isthmus"), Norwegian eid ("isthmus"), Swedish ed. Compare Latin eō ("go, proceed", verb.).

Alternative forms

• ed, aith

Noun

1. (UK 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

• die, EDI, ide, IDE, IED