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ei.

not

2 characters1 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

adv[ˈeiː]

  1. not

    archaic · poetic
    Örvæntið ei!
    Ég veit ei hvað skal segja.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse ei. A clipping of eigi, from Proto-Germanic *ni aiw-gin (“never”), from *ne, *ni (“not”) + *aiw (“always, for ever”) + *-gin. Not related to Finnish ei (“no”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.