"eid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eids [plural]
Etymology: From Eid. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Eid}} Eid Head templates: {{en-noun}} eid (plural eids)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Eid Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Eid
    Sense id: en-eid-en-noun-egjAR2Pi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: eids [plural]
Etymology: From English dialectal eid, from Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), from Proto-Germanic *aidiją (“isthmus, strait”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”). Cognate with Icelandic eið, eiði, Faroese eið, eiði (“isthmus”), Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), Swedish ed. Compare Latin eō (“go, proceed”, verb). Etymology templates: {{m|en|eid}} eid, {{der|en|non|eið|t=an isthmus, neck of land}} Old Norse eið (“an isthmus, neck of land”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*aidiją|t=isthmus, strait}} Proto-Germanic *aidiją (“isthmus, strait”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₁ey-|t=to go}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”), {{cog|is|eið}} Icelandic eið, {{m|is|eiði}} eiði, {{cog|fo|eið}} Faroese eið, {{m|fo|eiði|t=isthmus}} eiði (“isthmus”), {{cog|no|eid|t=isthmus}} Norwegian eid (“isthmus”), {{cog|sv|ed}} Swedish ed, {{cog|la|eō|pos=verb|t=go, proceed}} Latin eō (“go, proceed”, verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} eid (plural eids)
  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. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal Synonyms: ed, aith Related terms: eid mubarak (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-eid-en-noun-ijUgSM-5 Categories (other): British English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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