efja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse efja, from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ (“ebb”). Cognate with English ebb.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

efja f (genitive singular efju, nominative plural efjur)

  1. (rare) mud

Declension[edit]

declension of efja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efja efjan efjur efjurnar
accusative efju efjuna efjur efjurnar
dative efju efjunni efjum efjunum
genitive efju efjunnar efja efjanna

Synonyms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off, away”).

Noun[edit]

efja f

  1. mud, ooze

Declension[edit]

  Declension of efja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative efja efjan efjur efjurnar
accusative efju efjuna efjur efjurnar
dative efju efjunni efjum efjunum
genitive efju efjunnar efja efjanna

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: efja
  • Faroese: evja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: evje
  • Norwegian: ave m (dialectal)
  • Old Swedish: æfia

References[edit]

  • “efja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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