æja

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse æja, probably from a Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, eat), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Verb

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æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative áði, supine áð)

  1. when traveling, to stop to rest or eat

Etymology 2

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Likely from a Proto-Germanic *ahjǭ, related to æja (1).

Noun

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æja f (genitive singular æju, nominative plural æjur)

  1. a small piece of something
Declension
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    Declension of æja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æja æjan æjur æjurnar
accusative æju æjuna æjur æjurnar
dative æju æjunni æjum æjunum
genitive æju æjunnar æja æjanna

Etymology 3

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From the interjection æ.

Verb

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æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative æjaði, supine æjað)

  1. to say æ; to complain in reaction to pain or disappointment
Conjugation
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Etymology 4

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Alteration of jæja.

Interjection

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æja

  1. (slang, nonstandard) well, well then

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, eat), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, morsel).

Verb

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æja (present indicative ær, past indicative áði, past participle áðr)

  1. (intransitive) to rest and eat
  2. (transitive) to rest and feed

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: æja

References

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  • æja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.