verma

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See also: Verma

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Verb

verma (third person singular past indicative vermdi, third person plural past indicative vermt, supine vermt)

  1. to warm, to warm up
  2. to breed
  3. to delight

Conjugation

Conjugation of verma (group v-1)
infinitive verma
supine vermt
present past
first singular vermi vermdi
second singular vermir vermdi
third singular vermir vermdi
plural verma vermdu
participle (a7)1 vermandi vermdur
imperative
singular verm!
plural vermið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

verma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vermdi, supine vermt)

  1. to warm, to heat
    Synonyms: hlýja, hita, ylja

Conjugation

verma — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að verma
supine
(sagnbót) 		vermt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		vermandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vermi við vermum present
(nútíð) 		ég vermi við vermum
þú vermir þið vermið þú vermir þið vermið
hann, hún, það vermir þeir, þær, þau verma hann, hún, það vermi þeir, þær, þau vermi
past
(þátíð) 		ég vermdi við vermdum past
(þátíð) 		ég vermdi við vermdum
þú vermdir þið vermduð þú vermdir þið vermduð
hann, hún, það vermdi þeir, þær, þau vermdu hann, hún, það vermdi þeir, þær, þau vermdu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		verm (þú) vermið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
vermdu vermiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
vermast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að vermast
supine
(sagnbót) 		vermst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		vermandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég vermist við vermumst present
(nútíð) 		ég vermist við vermumst
þú vermist þið vermist þú vermist þið vermist
hann, hún, það vermist þeir, þær, þau vermast hann, hún, það vermist þeir, þær, þau vermist
past
(þátíð) 		ég vermdist við vermdumst past
(þátíð) 		ég vermdist við vermdumst
þú vermdist þið vermdust þú vermdist þið vermdust
hann, hún, það vermdist þeir, þær, þau vermdust hann, hún, það vermdist þeir, þær, þau vermdust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		vermst (þú) vermist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
vermstu vermisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
vermdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		vermdur vermd vermt vermdir vermdar vermd
accusative
(þolfall) 		vermdan vermda vermt vermda vermdar vermd
dative
(þágufall) 		vermdum vermdri vermdu vermdum vermdum vermdum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		vermds vermdrar vermds vermdra vermdra vermdra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		vermdi vermda vermda vermdu vermdu vermdu
accusative
(þolfall) 		vermda vermdu vermda vermdu vermdu vermdu
dative
(þágufall) 		vermda vermdu vermda vermdu vermdu vermdu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		vermda vermdu vermda vermdu vermdu vermdu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmijaną, from *warmaz, whence varmr.

Verb

verma (singular past indicative vermdi, plural past indicative vermdu, past participle vermdr)

  1. to warm
    Synonym: ylja

Conjugation

Conjugation of verma — active (weak class 1)
infinitive verma
present participle vermandi
past participle vermdr
indicative present past
1st-person singular vermi vermda
2nd-person singular vermir vermdir
3rd-person singular vermir vermdi
1st-person plural vermum vermdum
2nd-person plural vermið vermduð
3rd-person plural verma vermdu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular verma vermda
2nd-person singular vermir vermdir
3rd-person singular vermi vermdi
1st-person plural vermim vermdim
2nd-person plural vermið vermdið
3rd-person plural vermi vermdi
imperative present
2nd-person singular verm, vermi
1st-person plural vermum
2nd-person plural vermið
Conjugation of verma — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive vermask
present participle vermandisk
past participle vermzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular vermumk vermdumk
2nd-person singular vermisk vermdisk
3rd-person singular vermisk vermdisk
1st-person plural vermumsk vermdumsk
2nd-person plural vermizk vermduzk
3rd-person plural vermask vermdusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular vermumk vermdumk
2nd-person singular vermisk vermdisk
3rd-person singular vermisk vermdisk
1st-person plural vermimsk vermdimsk
2nd-person plural vermizk vermdizk
3rd-person plural vermisk vermdisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular vermsk, vermisk
1st-person plural vermumsk
2nd-person plural vermizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: verma
  • Faroese: verma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varma, varme, verma, verme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varme
  • Old Swedish: værma

Further reading

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