merja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse merja, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną.

Verb

merja (third person singular past indicative mardi, third person plural past indicative mart, supine mart)

  1. to hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of merja (group v-17)
infinitive merja
supine mart
participle (a7)1 merjandi mardur
present past
first singular merji mardi
second singular merjir mardi
third singular merjir mardi
plural merja mardu
imperative
singular merj!
plural merjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Gothic

Romanization

mērja

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse merja, from Proto-Germanic *marjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

merja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative marði, supine marið)

  1. to squash, to crush
  2. to bruise

Conjugation

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *marzijaną.

Verb

merja (singular past indicative marði, plural past indicative mǫrðu, past participle marðr or mariðr)

  1. to beat, crush; to bruise

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: merja
  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: mørje

References

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