elja

• eljan, eljun

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛlja/
• Rhymes: -ɛlja

From Old Norse eljan, from Proto-Germanic *aljaną. Cognate with Old English ellen (“strength, courage”).

elja f (genitive singular elju, no plural)

1. endurance, perseverance

• (perseverance): þolgæði, dugnaður, þrek, atorka

From Old Norse elja (“rival wife”). Cognate with Faroese eljustrið.

elja f (genitive singular elju, nominative plural eljur)

1. concubine, mistress

• (concubine): hjákona, frilla

elja (present tense el, past tense alde or ol, supine alt or ale, past participle ald or alen, present participle eljande, imperative el)

1. alternative form of ala

From Proto-Germanic *aljô (“rival”), *aljǭ (“zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- (“to burn”).

Cognate with Middle Low German elle (“rival wife”).

elja f

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• Faroese: eljastríð
• Icelandic: elja
• ⇒ Icelandic: eljari

• eljan
• elskari
• friðla

• “elja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "elja" on page 111 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).