temja

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (third person singular past indicative tamdi, third person plural past indicative tamt, supine tamt)

  1. to tame

Conjugation

Conjugation of temja (group v-18)
infinitive temja
supine tamt
participle (a7)1 temjandi tamdur
present past
first singular temji tamdi
second singular temur tamdi
third singular temur tamdi
plural temja tamdu
imperative
singular tem!
plural temjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

temja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tamdi, supine tamið)

  1. to tame
  2. to train, to break in (a horse)

Conjugation

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (present tense tem, past tense tamde, supine tamt, past participle tamd, present participle temjande, imperative tem)

  1. (transitive) to tame
  2. (transitive) to domesticate

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References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (singular past indicative tamdi, plural past indicative tǫmdu, past participle tamdr or tamiðr or taminn)

  1. to tame

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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