ævi

From Old Norse ævi, from Proto-Germanic *aiwį̄.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛaːvɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛaːvɪ

  Homophone: avi

ævi f (genitive singular ævi, plural ævir)

1. life, lifetime
2. a long spell, a very long time
3. (plural only) eternity

• (life, lifetime): lív, lívstíð, æviskeið

From Old Norse ævi, from Proto-Germanic *aiwį̄.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiːvɪ/

  Rhymes: -aiːvɪ

  Homophones: æfi

ævi f (genitive singular ævi, nominative plural ævir)

1. time
2. life, lifetime
3. biography

• (life, lifetime): líf, lífstíð, líftími, ævidagar, æviskeið
• (biography): ævisaga, æviágrip

• um aldur og ævi

From Proto-Germanic *aiwį̄, from *aiwaz, *aiwiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂oyus, *h₂eyus (“(allotted) lifetime”). Germanic cognates include Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), Old Frisian ēwe, Old High German ēwa (“eternity”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍃 (aiws, “age, eternity”). Accusative singular form in Proto-Germanic *aiwį was used as an adverb meaning "ever", and thence came Old Norse æ (“ever, always”). Indo-European cognates include Latin aevum, Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn), Sanskrit आयुस् (ā́yus, “life, vital power”) and Old Armenian ոչ (očʻ, “not”).

ævi f (genitive ævi)

1. time
2. life, lifetime
3. biography

• Icelandic: ævi f
• Faroese: ævi f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: æve f
• Old Swedish: äve n pl
  • Swedish: äva f (dialectal)

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)