ekkja

From Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʰt͡ʃːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰt͡ʃːa

ekkja f (genitive singular ekkju, plural ekkjur)

1. (archaic) widow

• einkja

From Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛhca/

  Rhymes: -ɛhca

ekkja f (genitive singular ekkju, nominative plural ekkjur)

1. widow

• ekkill

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

• ęnkja — Old East Norse

From Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

ekkja f

1. widow
2. (poetic) maiden, lass
   • c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Haustlǫng, stanza 15:

     seðr gekk Svǫlnis ekkja / sundr

     at once the wife of Svǫlnir split asunder.

• Icelandic: ekkja
• Faroese: ekkja

• hæll

• “ekkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)