efja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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efja f (genitive singular efju, nominative plural efjur)

  1. (rare) mud

Declension

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    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

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Noun

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efja f

  1. mud, ooze

Declension

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Descendants

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

References

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