Noun: eljan
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | eljan |
| Sg. Def. | eljanin |
| Pl. Indef. | eljanir |
| Pl. Def. | eljanirnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | eljanar |
| Sg. Def. | eljanarinnar |
| Pl. Indef. | eljana |
| Pl. Def. | eljananna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | eljan |
| Sg. Def. | eljaninni |
| Pl. Indef. | eljunum |
| Pl. Def. | eljununum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | eljan |
| Sg. Def. | eljanina |
| Pl. Indef. | eljanir |
| Pl. Def. | eljanirnar |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like eljan
skipan,
áeggjan,
auralógan,
dróttnan,
hreinsan,
fágan,
togan,
lagaskipan,
viðan,
heilsan,
kvángan,
diktan,
eggjan,
fjǫlgan,
miklan,
mornan,
blótan,
þurkan,
ateggjan,
tempran, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Germanic *aljaną (“zeal, strength, power, courage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to spur”).
2. Cognate with Icelandic elja (“endurance, energy”), Old Saxon ellian (“strength, courage, bravery”) Old English ellen (“zeal, strength, power, vigor, valor, courage, fortitude, strife, contention”), Middle Low German ellen (“strength, power, courage, vigor, bravery”) and Middle High German ellen (“strength, manhood”). See: Icelandic Nouns '
elja', Old English Nouns '
ellen'.
Verbs referencing "eljan"
Old English Nouns
ellen, Icelandic Nouns
elja.
Translations