Icelandic

Noun

elja f

1. endurance

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aljô ‎(“rival”), *aljǭ ‎(“zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *al- ‎(“to burn”).

Cognate with Middle Low German elle ‎(“rival wife”).

Noun

elja f

1. a rival wife

Descendants

See also

• eljan
• elskari
• friðla

References

• elja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Entry "elja" on page 111 in: Geir T. Zoëga "A Concise Dictionary of Old Islandic", Oxford at the Claredon Press (1910).