berja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb

berja (third person singular past indicative bardi, third person plural past indicative bardu, supine bart)

  1. to beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of berja (group v-17)
infinitive berja
supine bart
participle (a7)1 berjandi bardur
present past
first singular berji bardi
second singular berjir bardi
third singular berjir bardi
plural berja bardu
imperative
singular berj!
plural berjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb

berja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative barði, supine barið)

  1. to beat, to strike
Conjugation
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Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ber (berry).

Noun

berja n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse berja.

Verb

berja (present tense ber, past tense barde, past participle bart, passive infinitive berjast, present participle berjande, imperative ber)

  1. (transitive) to beat
  2. (transitive) to throw rocks at
  3. (transitive) to thresh

Noun

berja f (definite singular berja, indefinite plural berjer or berjor, definite plural berjene or berjone)

  1. definite singular of berje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of berje

References

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *barjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to pierce, strike).

Verb

berja (past indicative barði, past participle bariðr or barðr)

  1. to beat
  2. to fight
Conjugation
Alternative forms
Descendants
  • Icelandic: berja
  • Faroese: berja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berja, berje
  • Old Swedish: bæria

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

berja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber (berry)

References

  • berja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press