eimyrja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- (“to burn”).

Noun

eimyrja f (genitive eimyrju, plural eimyrjur)

  1. embers

Declension
  Declension of eimyrja (weak jōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eimyrja eimyrjan eimyrjur eimyrjurnar
accusative eimyrju eimyrjuna eimyrjur eimyrjurnar
dative eimyrju eimyrjunni eimyrjum eimyrjunum
genitive eimyrju eimyrjunnar eimyrja eimyrjanna

Descendants
  • Icelandic: eimyrja
  • Faroese: eimyrja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eimyrja, eimyrje
  • Swedish: mörja

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