Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse æla (to pour).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

æla (third person singular past indicative ælaði, third person plural past indicative ælaðu, supine ælað)

  1. to rain (rare: to hail, to snow), with pauses between (shower)
  2. (humorous) to weep on nothing (esp. children)

Usage notes edit

  • hann ælur - "he" is showering ("he" = the weather)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of æla (group v-30)
infinitive æla
supine ælað
participle (a6)1 ælandi ælaður
present past
first singular æli ælaði
second singular ælar ælaði
third singular ælar ælaði
plural æla ælaðu
imperative
singular æla!
plural ælið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Derived terms edit

  • see æl (shower)

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse æla (to pour, flow).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

æla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ældi, supine ælt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with dative object) to vomit

Conjugation edit

Synonyms edit

Noun edit

æla f (genitive singular ælu, nominative plural ælur)

  1. vomit

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From the noun áll (gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river), which according to Pokorny is from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed).[1] However, compare elgur (slush).[2]

Verb edit

æla

  1. to pour, to flow quickly

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 305, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 305
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “algi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 21