eimyrja

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Noun

eimyrja f (genitive singular eimyrju, no plural)

1. embers

Declension

declension of eimyrja

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	eimyrja	eimyrjan
accusative	eimyrju	eimyrjuna
dative	eimyrju	eimyrjunni
genitive	eimyrju	eimyrjunnar

Further reading

• “eimyrja” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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

Related terms

• eimr
• ím

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