Eyða

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

eyða Old Icelandic word can mean:

eyða

(-dda, -ddr), v.

eyða

1) to make empty (auðr), clear of, deprive of its contents (~ allan fjörðinn bæði at mönnum ok fé); ~ bygð (bœi ok borgir, heröð), to desolate, lay waste;

eyða

2) to desert, depart from (féllu sumir, en sumir eyddu hálfrýmin); ~ veizluna, to break up the feast; ~ þing, to dissolve the meeting;

eyða

3) to do away with, destroy, with dat. (eyddi eldr konum ok börnum);

eyða

4) to spend, squander (~ fé, peningum);

eyða

5) to render void in law, annul, with acc. or dat. (~ vígsmál or vígsmálum);

eyða

6) refl., eyðast, to come to nought; eyddist erfisgørðin fyrir honum, he let the funeral feast drop.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚢᚦᛅ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary