efja

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvja/

  Rhymes: -ɛvja

Noun

efja f (genitive singular efju, nominative plural efjur)

1. (rare) mud

Synonyms

• for
• leðja
• drulla

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Noun

efja f

1. mud, ooze

Declension

  Declension of efja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	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

Related terms

• af
• ǫfugr

Descendants

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

References

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