æla

From Old Norse æla (“to pour”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːla/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːla
• Homophones: ala, ælað

æla (third person singular past indicative ælaði, third person plural past indicative ælaðu, supine ælað)

1. to rain (rare: to hail, to snow), with pauses between (shower)
2. (humorous) to weep on nothing (esp. children)

• hann ælur - "he" is showering ("he" = the weather)

• see æl (shower)

From Old Norse æla (“to pour, flow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːla/

  Rhymes: -aiːla

æla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ældi, supine ælt)

1. (transitive, intransitive, with dative object) to vomit

• (to vomit): gubba, kasta upp, selja upp, spúa, spýja

æla f (genitive singular ælu, nominative plural ælur)

1. vomit

• (vomit): gubb, spýja

• ælupest

ǣlā

1. Alternative form of ēalā

From the noun áll (“gully, a deep narrow channel in sea or river”), which according to Pokorny is from Proto-Indo-European *alg-, *alǵ- (“to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed”).^[1] However, compare elgur (“slush”).^[2]

æla

1. to pour, to flow quickly