æja

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːja/

  Rhymes: -aiːja

  Homophone: ægja

From Old Norse æja, probably from a Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, “eat”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).

æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative áði, supine áð)

1. when traveling, to stop to rest or eat

Likely from a Proto-Germanic *ahjǭ, related to æja (1).

æja f (genitive singular æju, nominative plural æjur)

1. a small piece of something

Declension of æja
f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	æja	æjan	æjur	æjurnar
accusative	æju	æjuna	æjur	æjurnar
dative	æju	æjunni	æjum	æjunum
genitive	æju	æjunnar	æja	æjanna

From the interjection æ.

æja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative æjaði, supine æjað)

1. to say æ; to complain in reaction to pain or disappointment

Alteration of jæja.

æja

1. (slang, nonstandard) well, well then

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ahjaną, related to Sanskrit अशनाति (aśnā́ti, “eat”), Ancient Greek ἄκολος (ákolos, “morsel”).

æja (present indicative ær, past indicative áði, past participle áðr)

1. (intransitive) to rest and eat
2. (transitive) to rest and feed

• Icelandic: æja

• æja in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.