melja

Gothic

Romanization

mēlja

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

melja (singular past indicative maldi, plural past indicative mǫldu, past participle maldr or maliðr)

1. to pound

Conjugation

Conjugation of melja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	melja
present participle	meljandi
past participle	maldr, maliðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	mel	malda
2nd-person singular	melr	maldir
3rd-person singular	melr	maldi
1st-person plural	meljum	mǫldum
2nd-person plural	melið	mǫlduð
3rd-person plural	melja	mǫldu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	melja	melda
2nd-person singular	melir	meldir
3rd-person singular	meli	meldi
1st-person plural	melim	meldim
2nd-person plural	melið	meldið
3rd-person plural	meli	meldi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	mel
1st-person plural	meljum
2nd-person plural	melið

Conjugation of melja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	meljask
present participle	meljandisk
past participle	malzk, malizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	meljumk	mǫldumk
2nd-person singular	melsk	maldisk
3rd-person singular	melsk	maldisk
1st-person plural	meljumsk	mǫldumsk
2nd-person plural	melizk	mǫlduzk
3rd-person plural	meljask	mǫldusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	meljumk	meldumk
2nd-person singular	melisk	meldisk
3rd-person singular	melisk	meldisk
1st-person plural	melimsk	meldimsk
2nd-person plural	melizk	meldizk
3rd-person plural	melisk	meldisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	melsk
1st-person plural	meljumsk
2nd-person plural	melizk

References

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

Anagrams

• lemja