efja

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse efja, from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ (“ebb”). Cognate with English ebb. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛvja/ Rhymes: -ɛvja === Noun === efja f (genitive singular efju, nominative plural efjur) (rare) mud Synonyms: for, leðja, drulla ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *abjǭ, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“from, off, away”). === Noun === efja f mud, ooze ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== af ǫfugr ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: efja Faroese: evja Norwegian Nynorsk: evje Norwegian: ave m (dialectal) Old Swedish: æfia Swedish: ävja === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “efja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive