øyda

Norwegian Nynorsk

verb
Definitions
  • to make empty, desolate, move away from (a place that it become uninhabited)
  • to make bare, take everything away from (someone)
  • use (so that there is nothing left)
  • destroy
  • kill

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse eyða inherited from Proto-Germanic *auþijaną.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*auþijaną

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