æta

== Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaiːta/ Rhymes: -aiːta === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse æta, from Proto-Germanic *ētijǭ. ==== Noun ==== æta f (genitive singular ætu, nominative plural ætur) food a small stream of water in the ice on a frozen river (obsolete) cancer (in compounds) eater, -vore ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== hrææta (“carrion-eater, scavenger”) kjötæta (“carnivore”) mauraæta (“anteater”) náæta (“ghoul”) === Etymology 2 === Coined from eta, éta (“to eat”), based on German ätzen, Danish ætse (whence the loanword ætsa). ==== Verb ==== æta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ætti, supine ætt) to corrode ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== æting === References === Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989), “æta”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.) == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *ētijô. Equivalent to etan (“to eat”) +‎ -a (agent suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæː.tɑ/ === Noun === ǣta m (attested only in compounds) eater ==== Derived terms ==== selfǣta hlāfǣta === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ǽta”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. === Verb === æta to eat to chew, bite ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Swedish: äta