gremja

From Old Norse gremja (“fretting, annoyance”), compare Old Norse gramr whence the Icelandic gramur.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛmja/
• Rhymes: -ɛmja

gremja f (genitive singular gremju, no plural)

1. annoyance, resentment, indignation, chagrin

• hvert í sjóðandi
• hvert í sjóðbullandi
• hvert í syngjandi
• hvert í þreifandi
• pirringur
• ergelsi

• gremje (e infinitive)
• gremma, gremme

From Old Norse gremja, from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną.

gremja (present tense grem, past tense gramde, past participle gramt, passive infinitive gremjast, present participle gremjande, imperative grem)

1. (transitive) to sadden, to make unhappy or bitter
2. (reflexive) to lament

• “gremja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *gramjaną.

gremja (singular past indicative gramdi, plural past indicative grǫmdu, past participle gramiðr)

1. (transitive) to anger, provoke, exasperate

   gremja at sér

   to make someone angry with oneself

   Antonym: hylla

2. (reflexive, with dative) to be angry with

• gramr (“wroth, angry”)
• gremi f (“wrath, anger”)

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