elja
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, a concubine, as to a wedded wife; this word is either akin to eljan in the sense of zeal, jealousy, or to the word eligr, as these women were often captives of war and handmaids; the case of Melkorka, , also Gen. xxi. 10:—the word is defined in 109,—þær konur eru eljur, er einn mann eigu, those women are called ‘eljur,’ who are wives of one man; stattú upp ór binginum frá elju minni, 153; en elja hennar görði henni jafnan skapraun, 428. 1 Sam. i. 6 (‘and her adversary also provoked her sore,’ of the two wives of Elkanah); systur konu þinnar skaltú eigi taka til elju hennar, 320, Lev. xviii. 18: in poetry the earth is called the elja of Rinda, one of Odin’s wives, vi. (in a verse): this word points to the remotest time; the sole passage where it occurs in an hist, work is (above), where it is wrongly used, the wedded wife being called the elja by the concubine; arin-elja.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- opp.opposed.
- cp.compare.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)