eisa

From Okinawan エイサー.

eisa (uncountable)

1. A form of Okinawan folk dance.

• EAIs, EASI, ESIA, ISEA, Isea, saie

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

eisa f (genitive singular eisu, nominative plural eisur)

1. embers

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”).

eisa

1. to dash forward, rush

• geisa

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

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.

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

• 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.)