Esja

Old Norse Dictionary - esja

Meaning of Old Norse word "esja" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

esja: u, f. a kind of clay, freq. in Norway in that sense, vide Ivar Aasen; the name of the mountain Esja in Icel. no doubt derives its name from this clay, which is here found in abundance, Eggert Itin. ch. 21; hence Esju-berg, n. name of a farm, Landn., [eisa, and even Germ. esse, Dan. esse, Swed. ässa are kindred words.]

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛋᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

ch.: chapter.

Dan.: Danish.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Itin.: Itinerarium or Travels of Eggert Ólafsson, 1772.

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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