æja

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaiːja/
    Rhymes: -aiːja
    Homophone: ægja

Etymology 1

From Old Norse æja, probably from a Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, “eat”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).

Verb

æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative áði, supine áð)

  1. when traveling, to stop to rest or eat

Etymology 2

Likely from a Proto-Germanic *ahjǭ, related to æja (1).

Noun

æja f (genitive singular æju, nominative plural æjur)

  1. a small piece of something
Declension
declension of æja
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative æja æjan æjur æjurnar
accusative æju æjuna æjur æjurnar
dative æju æjunni æjum æjunum
genitive æju æjunnar æja æjanna

Etymology 3

From the interjection æ.

Verb

æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative æjaði, supine æjað)

  1. to say æ; to complain in reaction to pain or disappointment
Conjugation
æja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að æja
supine
(sagnbót)		 æjað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 æjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég æja við æjum present
(nútíð)		 ég æi við æjum
þú æjar þið æið þú æir þið æið
hann, hún, það æjar þeir, þær, þau æja hann, hún, það æi þeir, þær, þau æi
past
(þátíð)		 ég æjaði við æjuðum past
(þátíð)		 ég æjaði við æjuðum
þú æjaðir þið æjuðuð þú æjaðir þið æjuðuð
hann, hún, það æjaði þeir, þær, þau æjuðu hann, hún, það æjaði þeir, þær, þau æjuðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 æja (þú) æið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
æjaðu æiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 4

Alteration of jæja.

Interjection

æja

  1. (slang, nonstandard) well, well then

References

Old Norse

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, “eat”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).

Verb

æja (present indicative ær, past indicative áði, past participle áðr)

  1. (intransitive) to rest and eat
  2. (transitive) to rest and feed

Conjugation
Conjugation of æja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive æja
present participle æjandi
past participle áðr
indicative present past
1st-person singular æ áða
2nd-person singular ær áðir
3rd-person singular ær áði
1st-person plural æjum áðum
2nd-person plural æið áðuð
3rd-person plural æja áðu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular æja æða
2nd-person singular æir æðir
3rd-person singular æi æði
1st-person plural æim æðim
2nd-person plural æið æðið
3rd-person plural æi æði
imperative present
2nd-person singular æ
1st-person plural æjum
2nd-person plural æið
Conjugation of æja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive æjask
present participle æjandisk
past participle æzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular æjumk áðumk
2nd-person singular æsk áðisk
3rd-person singular æsk áðisk
1st-person plural æjumsk áðumsk
2nd-person plural æizk áðuzk
3rd-person plural æjask áðusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular æjumk æðumk
2nd-person singular æisk æðisk
3rd-person singular æisk æðisk
1st-person plural æimsk æðimsk
2nd-person plural æizk æðizk
3rd-person plural æisk æðisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular æsk
1st-person plural æjumsk
2nd-person plural æizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: æja

References
  • æja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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