eitra

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eitra, from Proto-Germanic *aitrōną (“to fester, putrify, poison”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeiːtra/

Verb

eitra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative eitraði, supine eitrað)

(transitive, governs the accusative) to poison
Synonym: byrla

Derived terms

eitra fyrir

Related terms

eitur

Further reading

“eitra” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

eitra n

definite plural of eiter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛɪːtra/, /ˈɛɪtra/

Noun

eitra n

definite plural of eiter

Anagrams

reita

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