See also: Aeta and äta

Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse æta, from Proto-Germanic *ētijǭ.

Noun

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æta f (genitive singular ætu, nominative plural ætur)

  1. food
  2. a small stream of water in the ice on a frozen river
  3. (obsolete) cancer
  4. (in compounds) eater, -vore
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Etymology 2

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Coined from eta, éta (to eat), based on German ätzen, Danish ætse (whence the loanword ætsa).

Verb

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æta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ætti, supine ætt)

  1. to corrode
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Old English

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Etymology

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From etan (to eat)-a

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Noun

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ǣta m

  1. (attested only in compounds) eater

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną.

Verb

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æta

  1. to eat
  2. to chew, bite

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Descendants

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  • Swedish: äta