emja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse emja (“to howl”), from Proto-Germanic *amjōną. Compare Old Norse emjar (“a part of a sword”, plural).

Pronunciation

Verb

emja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative emjaði, supine emjað)

  1. to howl
    Synonyms: gaula, ýla, ýlfra

Conjugation

emja — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að emja
supine
(sagnbót) 		emjað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		emjandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég emja við emjum present
(nútíð) 		ég emji við emjum
þú emjar þið emjið þú emjir þið emjið
hann, hún, það emjar þeir, þær, þau emja hann, hún, það emji þeir, þær, þau emji
past
(þátíð) 		ég emjaði við emjuðum past
(þátíð) 		ég emjaði við emjuðum
þú emjaðir þið emjuðuð þú emjaðir þið emjuðuð
hann, hún, það emjaði þeir, þær, þau emjuðu hann, hún, það emjaði þeir, þær, þau emjuðu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		emja (þú) emjið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
emjaðu emjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
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