lemja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Verb

lemja (third person singular past indicative lamdi, third person plural past indicative lamt, supine lamt)

  1. to lame

Conjugation

Conjugation of lemja (group v-18)
infinitive lemja
supine lamt
present past
first singular lemji lamdi
second singular lemur lamdi
third singular lemur lamdi
plural lemja lamdu
participle (a7)1 lemjandi lamdur
imperative
singular lem!
plural lemjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

lemja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lamdi, supine lamið)

  1. to hit, strike
  2. (obsolete) to lame

Conjugation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

lemja (present tense lem, past tense lamde, supine lamt, past participle lamd, present participle lemjande, imperative lem)

  1. to lame

References

Anagrams

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Verb

lemja (singular past indicative lamdi, plural past indicative lǫmdu, past participle lamdr or lamiðr)

  1. to thrash, flog, beat

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lemja
  • Faroese: lemja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lemja, lemje (e-infinitive)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “lemja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

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