glíma

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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glíma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative glímdi, supine glímt)

  1. (intransitive) to wrestle
  2. to fight against, to tackle
    glíma við verðbólgu
    to fight against inflation

Conjugation

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Noun

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glíma f (genitive singular glímu, nominative plural glímur)

  1. wrestling

Declension

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    Declension of glíma
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glíma glíman glímur glímurnar
accusative glímu glímuna glímur glímurnar
dative glímu glímunni glímum glímunum
genitive glímu glímunnar glíma/glímna glímanna/glímnanna