elja

Icelandic

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlja

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
Declension
declension of elja
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) eljan
accusative elju eljuna
dative elju eljunni
genitive elju eljunnar
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Cognate with Faroese eljustrið.

Noun

elja f (genitive singular elju, nominative plural eljur)

  1. concubine, mistress
Declension
declension of elja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) eljan eljur eljurnar
accusative elju eljuna eljur eljurnar
dative elju eljunni eljum eljunum
genitive elju eljunnar Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) eljanna
Synonyms

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
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • ⇒ 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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