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Icelandic
Noun
æva
- indefinite genitive plural of ævi
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
æva f
- definite singular of æve
Old Norse
Etymology
Clipping of ævagi, from a form related to Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“ever”), whence also æ (“ever”), + -gi (“negative suffix”). Literally 'not ever'.
Adverb
æva (not comparable)
- never
- Synonym: aldrigi
References
- æva in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.