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