æla

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Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse æla (to pour).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

æla (third person singular past indicative ælaði, third person plural past indicative ælaðu, supine ælað)

  1. to rain (rare: to hail, to snow), with pauses between (shower)
  2. (humorous) to weep on nothing (esp. children)

Usage notes[edit]

  • hann ælur - "he" is showering ("he" = the weather)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of æla (group v-30)
infinitive æla
supine ælað
participle (a6)1 ælandi ælaður
present past
first singular æli ælaði
second singular ælar ælaði
third singular ælar ælaði
plural æla ælaðu
imperative
singular æla!
plural ælið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms[edit]

  • see æl (shower)

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse æla (to pour, flow).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

æla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ældi, supine ælt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with dative object) to vomit

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Noun[edit]

æla f (genitive singular ælu, nominative plural ælur)

  1. vomit

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the noun áll (gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river), which according to Pokorny is from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed).[1] However, compare elgur (slush).[2]

Verb[edit]

æla

  1. to pour, to flow quickly

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 305, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 305
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “algi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21