temja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (third person singular past indicative tamdi, third person plural past indicative tamt, supine tamt)

1. to tame

Conjugation

Conjugation of temja (group v-18)

infinitive	temja
supine	tamt
	present	past
first singular	temji	tamdi
second singular	temur	tamdi
third singular	temur	tamdi
plural	temja	tamdu
participle (a7)1	temjandi	tamdur
	imperative
singular	tem!
plural	temjið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Related terms

• tamur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɛmja/

  Rhymes: -ɛmja

Verb

temja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tamdi, supine tamið)

1. to tame
2. to train, to break in (a horse)

Conjugation

temja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að temja
supine sagnbót		tamið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		temjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	tem	tamdi		temji	temdi
	þú	temur	tamdir		temjir	temdir
	hann, hún, það	temur	tamdi		temji	temdi
plural	við	temjum	tömdum		temjum	temdum
	þið	temjið	tömduð		temjið	temduð
	þeir, þær, þau	temja	tömdu		temji	temdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	tem (þú), temdu
plural	þið	temjið (þið), temjiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

temjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að temjast
supine sagnbót		tamist
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		temjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	temst	tamdist		temjist	temdist
	þú	temst	tamdist		temjist	temdist
	hann, hún, það	temst	tamdist		temjist	temdist
plural	við	temjumst	tömdumst		temjumst	temdumst
	þið	temjist	tömdust		temjist	temdust
	þeir, þær, þau	temjast	tömdust		temjist	temdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	temst (þú), temstu
plural	þið	temist (þið), temisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

taminn — 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)	taminn	tamin	tamið	tamdir	tamdar	tamin
accusative (þolfall)	taminn	tamda	tamið	tamda	tamdar	tamin
dative (þágufall)	tömdum	taminni	tömdu	tömdum	tömdum	tömdum
genitive (eignarfall)	tamins	taminnar	tamins	taminna	taminna	taminna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	tamdi	tamda	tamda	tömdu	tömdu	tömdu
accusative (þolfall)	tamda	tömdu	tamda	tömdu	tömdu	tömdu
dative (þágufall)	tamda	tömdu	tamda	tömdu	tömdu	tömdu
genitive (eignarfall)	tamda	tömdu	tamda	tömdu	tömdu	tömdu

Related terms

• tamur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• temje
• temma, temme

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (present tense tem, past tense tamde, supine tamt, past participle tamd, present participle temjande, imperative tem)

1. (transitive) to tame
2. (transitive) to domesticate

Related terms

• tam

See also

• temme (Bokmål)

References

• “temja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (singular past indicative tamdi, plural past indicative tǫmdu, past participle tamdr or tamiðr or taminn)

1. to tame

Conjugation

Conjugation of temja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	temja
present participle	temjandi
past participle	tamdr, tamiðr, taminn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	tem	tamda		temja	temda
2nd person singular	temr	tamdir		temir	temdir
3rd person singular	temr	tamdi		temi	temdi
1st person plural	temjum	tǫmdum		temim	temdim
2nd person plural	temið	tǫmduð		temið	temdið
3rd person plural	temja	tǫmdu		temi	temdi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	tem
1st person plural	temjum
2nd person plural	temið

Conjugation of temja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	temjask
present participle	temjandisk
past participle	tamzk, tamizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	temjumk	tǫmdumk		temjumk	temdumk
2nd person singular	temsk	tamdisk		temisk	temdisk
3rd person singular	temsk	tamdisk		temisk	temdisk
1st person plural	temjumsk	tǫmdumsk		temimsk	temdimsk
2nd person plural	temizk	tǫmduzk		temizk	temdizk
3rd person plural	temjask	tǫmdusk		temisk	temdisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	temsk
1st person plural	temjumsk
2nd person plural	temizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: temja
• Faroese: temja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: temja, temje, temma, temme
• Norwegian Bokmål: temme
• Old Swedish: tæmia
  • Swedish: tämja
• Old Danish: tæmmæ
  • Danish: tæmme

Further reading

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