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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lem	lamdi		lemji	lemdi
	þú	lemur	lamdir		lemjir	lemdir
	hann, hún, það	lemur	lamdi		lemji	lemdi
plural	við	lemjum	lömdum		lemjum	lemdum
	þið	lemjið	lömduð		lemjið	lemduð
	þeir, þær, þau	lemja	lömdu		lemji	lemdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lem (þú), lemdu
plural	þið	lemjið (þið), lemjiði1

¹ 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 (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	lemst	lamdist		lemjist	lemdist
	þú	lemst	lamdist		lemjist	lemdist
	hann, hún, það	lemst	lamdist		lemjist	lemdist
plural	við	lemjumst	lömdumst		lemjumst	lemdumst
	þið	lemjist	lömdust		lemjist	lemdust
	þeir, þær, þau	lemjast	lömdust		lemjist	lemdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	lemst (þú), lemstu
plural	þið	lemist (þið), lemisti1

¹ 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)
• Old Danish: læmiæ
  • Danish: (obsolete) læmme

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