ekkja

From Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʰt͡ʃːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰt͡ʃːa

ekkja f (genitive singular ekkju, plural ekkjur)

1. (archaic) widow

• einkja

From Old Norse ekkja, from Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”). the -n falls of concomitantly (drink, brink, sink) in the 9. - 10. centuries. as the -n is preserved in the east (Swedish & Danish) it can be said with certainty that it is unrelated to -ekki (grief) which could have been presumed. the word -widow widely found in the IE languages is never found in north germanic dialects. wheather the word was invented because of it's abscensce or came to replace it is left for conjecture.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛhca/

  Rhymes: -ɛhca

ekkja f (genitive singular ekkju, nominative plural ekkjur)

1. widow

• ekkill

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

• ekkia, ænkia

From Proto-Germanic *ainakjǭ, related to Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls, “alone”).

ekkja f

1. (poetic) maiden, lass
2. widow

• Faroese: ekkja
• Icelandic: ekkja

• hæll

• “ekkja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)