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

Declension

Declension of efja (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

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “efja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive