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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Eid

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, E (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Eid
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Eid, m., ‘oath, execration,’ from the equiv. MidHG. eit(d), OHG. eid, m.; a word common to Teut., but not found in the other groups; Goth. aiþs, OIc. eiðr, AS. âþ, E. oath, Du. eed, OSax. éth, m.; for the common Teut. aiþa-z, from pre-Teut. ói-to-s (comp. OIr. oeth, ‘oath’), no suitable cognate has yet been found. Ehe and its cognates are scarcely allied to it, though Eidam may be so.