verma

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

• (warm): heita, hita
• (breed): bøla
• (delight): fløva

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrma/
• Rhymes: -ɛrma

Verb

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

1. to warm, to heat [with accusative]

   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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vermi	vermdi		vermi	vermdi
	þú	vermir	vermdir		vermir	vermdir
	hann, hún, það	vermir	vermdi		vermi	vermdi
plural	við	vermum	vermdum		vermum	vermdum
	þið	vermið	vermduð		vermið	vermduð
	þeir, þær, þau	verma	vermdu		vermi	vermdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	verm (þú), vermdu
plural	þið	vermið (þið), vermiði1

¹ 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 (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	vermist	vermdist		vermist	vermdist
	þú	vermist	vermdist		vermist	vermdist
	hann, hún, það	vermist	vermdist		vermist	vermdist
plural	við	vermumst	vermdumst		vermumst	vermdumst
	þið	vermist	vermdust		vermist	vermdust
	þeir, þær, þau	vermast	vermdust		vermist	vermdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vermst (þú), vermstu
plural	þið	vermist (þið), vermisti1

¹ 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

Related terms

• varmi (“warmth, heat”)
• varmur (“warm”)

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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	vermi	vermda		verma	vermda
2nd person singular	vermir	vermdir		vermir	vermdir
3rd person singular	vermir	vermdi		vermi	vermdi
1st person plural	vermum	vermdum		vermim	vermdim
2nd person plural	vermið	vermduð		vermið	vermdið
3rd person plural	verma	vermdu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	vermumk	vermdumk		vermumk	vermdumk
2nd person singular	vermisk	vermdisk		vermisk	vermdisk
3rd person singular	vermisk	vermdisk		vermisk	vermdisk
1st person plural	vermumsk	vermdumsk		vermimsk	vermdimsk
2nd person plural	vermizk	vermduzk		vermizk	vermdizk
3rd person plural	vermask	vermdusk		vermisk	vermdisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	vermsk, vermisk
1st person plural	vermumsk
2nd person plural	vermizk

Related terms

• varmr
• vermi

Descendants

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

Further reading

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