lemja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Verb

lemja (third person singular past indicative lamdi, third person plural past indicative lamt, supine lamt)

1. to lame

Conjugation

Conjugation of lemja (group v-18)

infinitive	lemja
supine	lamt
	present	past
first singular	lemji	lamdi
second singular	lemur	lamdi
third singular	lemur	lamdi
plural	lemja	lamdu
participle (a7)1	lemjandi	lamdur
	imperative
singular	lem!
plural	lemjið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmja/
• Rhymes: -ɛmja

Verb

lemja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative lamdi, supine lamið)

1. to hit, strike
2. (obsolete) to lame

Conjugation

lemja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lemja
supine (sagnbót)		lamið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lemjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég lem	við lemjum	present (nútíð)	ég lemji	við lemjum
	þú lemur	þið lemjið		þú lemjir	þið lemjið
	hann, hún, það lemur	þeir, þær, þau lemja		hann, hún, það lemji	þeir, þær, þau lemji
past (þátíð)	ég lamdi	við lömdum	past (þátíð)	ég lemdi	við lemdum
	þú lamdir	þið lömduð		þú lemdir	þið lemduð
	hann, hún, það lamdi	þeir, þær, þau lömdu		hann, hún, það lemdi	þeir, þær, þau lemdu
imperative (boðháttur)	lem (þú)	lemjið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lemdu	lemjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

lemjast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að lemjast
supine (sagnbót)		lamist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		lemjandist ** ** 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 lemst	við lemjumst	present (nútíð)	ég lemjist	við lemjumst
	þú lemst	þið lemjist		þú lemjist	þið lemjist
	hann, hún, það lemst	þeir, þær, þau lemjast		hann, hún, það lemjist	þeir, þær, þau lemjist
past (þátíð)	ég lamdist	við lömdumst	past (þátíð)	ég lemdist	við lemdumst
	þú lamdist	þið lömdust		þú lemdist	þið lemdust
	hann, hún, það lamdist	þeir, þær, þau lömdust		hann, hún, það lemdist	þeir, þær, þau lemdust
imperative (boðháttur)	lemst (þú)	lemist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	lemstu	lemisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

laminn — 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)	laminn	lamin	lamið		lamdir	lamdar	lamin
accusative (þolfall)	laminn	lamda	lamið		lamda	lamdar	lamin
dative (þágufall)	lömdum	laminni	lömdu		lömdum	lömdum	lömdum
genitive (eignarfall)	lamins	laminnar	lamins		laminna	laminna	laminna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	lamdi	lamda	lamda		lömdu	lömdu	lömdu
accusative (þolfall)	lamda	lömdu	lamda		lömdu	lömdu	lömdu
dative (þágufall)	lamda	lömdu	lamda		lömdu	lömdu	lömdu
genitive (eignarfall)	lamda	lömdu	lamda		lömdu	lömdu	lömdu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lemje (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse lemja, from Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²lɛm.jɑ/

Verb

lemja (present tense lem, past tense lamde, supine lamt, past participle lamd, present participle lemjande, imperative lem)

1. to lame

References

• “lemja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• malje

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lamjaną.

Verb

lemja (singular past indicative lamdi, plural past indicative lǫmdu, past participle lamdr or lamiðr)

1. to thrash, flog, beat

Conjugation

Conjugation of lemja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	lemja
present participle	lemjandi
past participle	lamdr, lamiðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	lem	lamda		lemja	lemda
2nd person singular	lemr	lamdir		lemir	lemdir
3rd person singular	lemr	lamdi		lemi	lemdi
1st person plural	lemjum	lǫmdum		lemim	lemdim
2nd person plural	lemið	lǫmduð		lemið	lemdið
3rd person plural	lemja	lǫmdu		lemi	lemdi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	lem
1st person plural	lemjum
2nd person plural	lemið

Conjugation of lemja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	lemjask
present participle	lemjandisk
past participle	lamzk, lamizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	lemjumk	lǫmdumk		lemjumk	lemdumk
2nd person singular	lemsk	lamdisk		lemisk	lemdisk
3rd person singular	lemsk	lamdisk		lemisk	lemdisk
1st person plural	lemjumsk	lǫmdumsk		lemimsk	lemdimsk
2nd person plural	lemizk	lǫmduzk		lemizk	lemdizk
3rd person plural	lemjask	lǫmdusk		lemisk	lemdisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	lemsk
1st person plural	lemjumsk
2nd person plural	lemizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: lemja
• Faroese: lemja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lemja, lemje (e-infinitive)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• melja