- eimyrja
- f. embers (eldr ok eimyrja; all er ægir sem í eimyrju hrœri).
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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ember — O.E. æmerge ember, merged with or influenced by O.N. eimyrja, both from P.Gmc. *aim uzjon ashes (Cf. M.L.G. emere, O.H.G. eimuria, Ger. Ammern), a compound from *aima ashes (from PIE root *ai to burn; see EDIFICE (Cf … Etymology dictionary
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