eitr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aitrą, whence also Old English ātor, Old High German eitar.[1]

Noun

eitr n[2]

  1. poison
  2. venom, specifically snake venom and the like

Declension
  Declension of eitr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eitr eitrit eitr eitrin
accusative eitr eitrit eitr eitrin
dative eitri eitrinu eitrum eitrunum
genitive eitrs eitrsins eitra eitranna

Descendants
  • Elfdalian: ietter (“venom; pus”)[1]
  • Icelandic: eitur
  • Faroese: eitur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eiter, eitr
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: eiter
  • Old Swedish: ēter
    • Swedish: etter
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: ēterkoppa
      • Swedish: etterkopp
  • Old Danish: ētær

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aitra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
  2. “eitr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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