gremja

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

gremja f (genitive singular gremju, no plural)

  1. annoyance, resentment, indignation, chagrin

Declension

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

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

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gramjaną.

Verb

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

Conjugation

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

Descendants

References

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