eljun

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• eljan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, strength, power, courage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to spur”).

Cognate with Icelandic elja (“endurance, energy”), Old Saxon ellian (“strength, courage, bravery”) Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), Middle Low German ellen (“strength, power, courage, vigor, bravery”) and Middle High German ellen (“strength, manhood”).

Noun

eljun f

1. endurance, energy

Derived terms

• eljunarlauss
• eljunarleysi
• eljunfrœkn
• eljunlauss
• eljunleysi

Descendants

• Icelandic: eljan, eljun, elja
• ⇒ Faroese: eljustríð, eljusjúkur

See also

• elja

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eljun”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 112; also available at the Internet Archive