Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb edit

berja (third person singular past indicative bardi, third person plural past indicative bardu, supine bart)

  1. to beat

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of berja (group v-17)
infinitive berja
supine bart
participle (a7)1 berjandi bardur
present past
first singular berji bardi
second singular berjir bardi
third singular berjir bardi
plural berja bardu
imperative
singular berj!
plural berjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

See also edit

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (to beat, to strike).

Verb edit

berja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative barði, supine barið)

  1. to beat, to strike
Conjugation edit
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Inflected form of ber (berry).

Noun edit

berja n

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse berja.

Verb edit

berja (present tense ber, past tense barde, past participle bart, passive infinitive berjast, present participle berjande, imperative ber)

  1. (transitive) to beat
  2. (transitive) to throw rocks at
  3. (transitive) to thresh

Noun edit

berja f (definite singular berja, indefinite plural berjer or berjor, definite plural berjene or berjone)

  1. definite singular of berje
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of berje

References edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *barjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (to pierce, strike).

Verb edit

berja (past indicative barði, past participle bariðr or barðr)

  1. to beat
  2. to fight
Conjugation edit
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
  • Icelandic: berja
  • Faroese: berja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: berja, berje
  • Old Swedish: bæria

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

berja

  1. indefinite genitive plural of ber (berry)

References edit

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