elja

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Icelandic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse eljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljaną. Cognate with Old English ellen (“strength, courage”).

Noun

elja f (genitive singular elju, no plural)

  1. endurance, perseverance
    Synonyms: þolgæði, dugnaður, þrek, atorka
Declension
Declension of elja (sg-only feminine)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative elja eljan
accusative elju eljuna
dative elju eljunni
genitive elju eljunnar

Etymology 2

From Old Norse elja (“rival wife”). Cognate with Faroese eljustrið.

Noun

elja f (genitive singular elju, nominative plural eljur)

  1. concubine, mistress
    Synonyms: hjákona, frilla
Declension
Declension of elja (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative elja eljan eljur eljurnar
accusative elju eljuna eljur eljurnar
dative elju eljunni eljum eljunum
genitive elju eljunnar elja eljanna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

elja (present tense el, past tense alde or ol, supine alt or ale, past participle ald or alen, present participle eljande, imperative el)

  1. alternative form of ala

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aljô (“rival”), *aljǭ (“zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to burn”).

Cognate with Middle Low German elle (“rival wife”).

Noun

elja f

  1. a rival wife (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

  • Faroese: eljastríð
  • Icelandic: elja
  • ⇒ Icelandic: eljari

See also

References

  • “elja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Entry "elja" on page 111 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).
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