From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
herja (third person singular past indicative herjaði, third person plural past indicative herjað, supine herjað)
| Conjugation of herja (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | herja | |
| supine | herjað | |
| participle (a6)1 | herjandi | herjaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | herji | herjaði |
| second singular | herjar | herjaði |
| third singular | herjar | herjaði |
| plural | herja | herjaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | herja! | |
| plural | herjið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
Likely borrowed from Old Norse herja (compare Swedish härja (“to wage war”)). Cognate with Karelian herja (“bad, evil, villain”), Estonian heris (“villain”).
herja
| Inflection of herja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | herja | herjat | ||
| genitive | herjan | herjojen | ||
| partitive | herjaa | herjoja | ||
| illative | herjaan | herjoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | herja | herjat | ||
| accusative | nom. | herja | herjat | |
| gen. | herjan | |||
| genitive | herjan | herjojen herjainrare | ||
| partitive | herjaa | herjoja | ||
| inessive | herjassa | herjoissa | ||
| elative | herjasta | herjoista | ||
| illative | herjaan | herjoihin | ||
| adessive | herjalla | herjoilla | ||
| ablative | herjalta | herjoilta | ||
| allative | herjalle | herjoille | ||
| essive | herjana | herjoina | ||
| translative | herjaksi | herjoiksi | ||
| abessive | herjatta | herjoitta | ||
| instructive | — | herjoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
herja
herja
From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
herja (present tense herjar, past tense herja, past participle herja, passive infinitive herjast, present participle herjande, imperative herja/herj)
From Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
herja
| infinitive | herja | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | herjandi | |
| past participle | herjaðr | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | herja | herjaða |
| 2nd-person singular | herjar | herjaðir |
| 3rd-person singular | herjar | herjaði |
| 1st-person plural | herjum | herjuðum |
| 2nd-person plural | herið | herjuðuð |
| 3rd-person plural | herja | herjuðu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | herja | herjaða |
| 2nd-person singular | herir | herjaðir |
| 3rd-person singular | herir | herjaði |
| 1st-person plural | herim | herjaðim |
| 2nd-person plural | herið | herjaðið |
| 3rd-person plural | heri | herjaði |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | herja | |
| 1st-person plural | herjum | |
| 2nd-person plural | herið | |
| infinitive | herjask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | herjandisk | |
| past participle | herjazk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | herjumk | herjuðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | herjask | herjaðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | herjask | herjaðisk |
| 1st-person plural | herjumsk | herjuðumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | herizk | herjuðuzk |
| 3rd-person plural | herjask | herjuðusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | herjumk | herjuðumk |
| 2nd-person singular | herisk | herjaðisk |
| 3rd-person singular | herisk | herjaðisk |
| 1st-person plural | herimsk | herjaðimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | herizk | herjaðizk |
| 3rd-person plural | herisk | herjaðisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | herjask | |
| 1st-person plural | herjumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | herizk | |