eðla

See also: Edla and E.D. La.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eðla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛðla/

  Rhymes: -ɛðla

Noun

eðla f (genitive singular eðlu, nominative plural eðlur)

1. lizard

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• eyðla, øðla

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aidulǭ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“to burn”), related to Ancient Greek αἰθαλίων (aithalíōn, “browned, toasted”), referring to the color. Other Germanic languages' terms for lizards appeared to stem from Proto-Germanic *agwiz; see Proto-West Germanic *agiþahsijā.

Noun

eðla f

1. lizard

Declension

  Declension of eðla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eðla	eðlan	eðlur	eðlurnar
accusative	eðlu	eðluna	eðlur	eðlurnar
dative	eðlu	eðlunni	eðlum	eðlunum
genitive	eðlu	eðlunnar	eðlna	eðlnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eðla
• Faroese: edla, ødla
• Norwegian Nynorsk: edla, ødla, ødle
• Norwegian: (dialectal) eile (-eðl- > -eil-); éle, øla, øl, øldre
• Swedish: ödla
• Danish: øgle c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: øgle m or f
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: øgle f

References

• J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on eðla.