eisa

See also: Eisa and EISA

English

Etymology

From Okinawan エイサー.

Noun

eisa (uncountable)

1. A form of Okinawan folk dance.

Anagrams

• EAIs, EASI, ESIA, ISEA, Isea, saie

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeiːsa/
• Rhymes: -eiːsa

Noun

eisa f (genitive singular eisu, nominative plural eisur)

1. embers

Declension

Declension of eisa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eisa	eisan	eisur	eisurnar
accusative	eisu	eisuna	eisur	eisurnar
dative	eisu	eisunni	eisum	eisunum
genitive	eisu	eisunnar	eisa	eisanna

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *aisōną (“to drive violently”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyseh₂ye-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂ (“to move, propel”). Cognate with Latin īra (“anger, rage”).

Verb

eisa

1. to dash forward, rush

Related terms

• geisa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *aidsǭ, *aisǭ, from *aidaz (“fire, pyre”).

Noun

eisa f

1. glowing embers

   Synonym: eimyrja

   • 1000s, Unknown poem, Atli the Little, quoted in Skáldskaparmál, Snorri Sturluson.

     Øx rýðsk – eisur vaxa,
     allmǫrg – loga hallir –
     hús brenna, gim geisar,
     góðmennit fellr – blóði.

     The axe is reddened with blood, the embers grow,
     the halls are engulfed,
     all houses are burning, the flame surges,
     and the good man falls.

Declension

  Declension of eisa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eisa	eisan	eisur	eisurnar
accusative	eisu	eisuna	eisur	eisurnar
dative	eisu	eisunni	eisum	eisunum
genitive	eisu	eisunnar	eisna	eisnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: eisa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eisa, eise; (dialectal) ese, hese
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: eise
• Swedish: (dialectal) ajsa
• → Scots: aes, es, aze

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “eisa1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)