eðla

See also: Edla and E.D. La.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eðla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛðla/

  Rhymes: -ɛðla

Noun

eðla f (genitive singular eðlu, nominative plural eðlur)

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of eðla (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eðla	eðlan	eðlur	eðlurnar
accusative	eðlu	eðluna	eðlur	eðlurnar
dative	eðlu	eðlunni	eðlum	eðlunum
genitive	eðlu	eðlunnar	eðla	eðlanna

References

• “eðla” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• eyðla, øðla

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aidulǭ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”), related to Ancient Greek αἰθαλίων (aithalíōn, “browned, toasted”), referring to the color. Other Germanic languages' terms for lizards appeared to stem from Proto-Germanic *agwiz; see Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā.

Noun

eðla f

1. lizard

Declension

Declension of eðla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eðla	eðlan	eðlur	eðlurnar
accusative	eðlu	eðluna	eðlur	eðlurnar
dative	eðlu	eðlunni	eðlum	eðlunum
genitive	eðlu	eðlunnar	eðlna	eðlnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eðla
• Faroese: edla, ødla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: edla, ødla, ødle
• Norwegian: (dialectal) eile (-eðl- > -eil-); éle, øla, øl, øldre
• Swedish: ödla
• Danish: øgle c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øgle m or f
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: øgle f

Further reading

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on eðla.