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berja

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb

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berja (third person singular past indicative bardi, third person plural past indicative bardu, supine bart)

  1. to beat

Conjugation

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Conjugation of berja (group v-17)
infinitive berja
supine bart
participle (a7)1 berjandi bardur
present past
first singular berji bardi
second singular berjir bardi
third singular berjir bardi
plural berja bardu
imperative
singular berj!
plural berjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb

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berja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative barði, supine barið)

  1. to beat, to strike
    Synonyms: slá, lumbra, lemja
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of ber (berry).

Noun

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berja n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse berja.

Verb

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berja (present tense ber, past tense barde, past participle bart, passive infinitive berjast, present participle berjande, imperative ber)

  1. (transitive) to beat
  2. (transitive) to throw rocks at
  3. (transitive) to thresh

Noun

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berja f (definite singular berja, indefinite plural berjer or berjor, definite plural berjene or berjone)

  1. definite singular of berje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of berje

References

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *barjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to pierce, strike).

Verb

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berja (past indicative barði, past participle bariðr or barðr)

  1. to beat
  2. to fight
Conjugation
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Alternative forms
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Descendants
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  • Icelandic: berja
  • Faroese: berja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berja, berje
  • Old Swedish: bæria
  • Old Danish: bærje

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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berja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber (berry)

References

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