Eiða
Old Norse Dictionary - eiða
Meaning of Old Norse word "eiða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- eiða
- u, f. [Ulf. aiþei; Finn. aiti], a mother, Edda 108; an obsolete word, which only occurs once or twice in old poetry; perhaps akin to Edda, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)