øyde

• øyda (verb) (a infinitive)

The noun and verb have taken slightly differing paths into Nynorsk, but both derive from Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“void, empty, barren”).

• (noun): From Old Norse eyði.
• (verb): From Old Norse eyða, from Proto-Germanic *auþijaną. Cognates include Faroese oyða.

øyde f (definite singular øyda, indefinite plural øyder, definite plural øydene)
øyde n (definite singular øydet, indefinite plural øyde, definite plural øyda)

1. desolateness
2. desolate place

• isøyde n
• leggje i øyde
  • øydeleggje
• øydegard m

• audn

øyde (passive øydast, present tense øyder, past tense øydde, imperative øyd, supine øydt or øydd, past participle øydd, present participle øydande)

1. (transitive) to make empty, desolate, move away from (a place that it become uninhabited)
2. (transitive) to make bare, take everything away from (someone)
3. (transitive) use (so that there is nothing left)
4. (transitive) destroy
5. (transitive) kill

• øydar m
• øyde opp
• øyde ut

• aud f
• audn f

• “øyde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.