elja

== Icelandic == === Alternative forms === eljan, eljun === 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) endurance, perseverance Synonyms: þolgæði, dugnaður, þrek, atorka ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse elja (“rival wife”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, eagerness”). Cognate with Faroese eljustrið, Old High German ella, giella (“rival, mistress”). ==== Noun ==== elja f (genitive singular elju, nominative plural eljur) concubine, mistress Synonyms: hjákona, frilla ===== Declension ===== == 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) 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 a rival wife (clarification of this definition is needed (What is a rival wife?).) ==== Descendants ==== Faroese: eljastríð Icelandic: elja ⇒ Icelandic: eljari ==== See also ==== eljan elskari friðla ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “elja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110; also available at the Internet Archive