eimyrja
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse eimyrja, from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ.
Noun
eimyrja f (genitive singular eimyrju, no plural)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eimyrja | eimyrjan |
| accusative | eimyrju | eimyrjuna |
| dative | eimyrju | eimyrjunni |
| genitive | eimyrju | eimyrjunnar |
Related terms
Further reading
- “eimyrja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, equivalent to eimr + yrja.
Noun
eimyrja f (genitive eimyrju, plural eimyrjur)
Declension
| 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 |
Related terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: eimyrja
- Faroese: eimyrja
- Danish: emmer
- Norwegian Bokmål: mørje
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eimyrja, eimyrje
- Norwegian Bokmål: ildmørje
- Swedish: mörja
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “eimyrja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive