gremja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gremja (“fretting, annoyance”), compare Old Norse gramr whence the Icelandic gramur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛmja/
• Rhymes: -ɛmja

Noun

gremja f (genitive singular gremju, no plural)

1. annoyance, resentment, indignation, chagrin

Declension

declension of gremja

f-w1	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gremja	gremjan
accusative	gremju	gremjuna
dative	gremju	gremjunni
genitive	gremju	gremjunnar

See also

• hvert í sjóðandi
• hvert í sjóðbullandi
• hvert í syngjandi
• hvert í þreifandi
• pirringur
• ergelsi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gremje (e infinitive)
• gremma, gremme

Etymology

From Old Norse gremja, from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną.

Verb

gremja (present tense grem, past tense gramde, past participle gramt, passive infinitive gremjast, present participle gremjande, imperative grem)

1. (transitive) to sadden, to make unhappy or bitter
2. (reflexive) to lament

References

• “gremja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gramjaną.

Verb

gremja (singular past indicative gramdi, plural past indicative grǫmdu, past participle gramiðr)

1. (transitive) to anger, provoke, exasperate

   gremja at sér

   to make someone angry with oneself

2. (reflexive, with dative) to be angry with

Conjugation

Conjugation of gremja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	gremja
present participle	gremjandi
past participle	gramdr, gramiðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	grem	gramda
2nd-person singular	gremr	gramdir
3rd-person singular	gremr	gramdi
1st-person plural	gremjum	grǫmdum
2nd-person plural	gremið	grǫmduð
3rd-person plural	gremja	grǫmdu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gremja	gremda
2nd-person singular	gremir	gremdir
3rd-person singular	gremi	gremdi
1st-person plural	gremim	gremdim
2nd-person plural	gremið	gremdið
3rd-person plural	gremi	gremdi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	grem
1st-person plural	gremjum
2nd-person plural	gremið

Conjugation of gremja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	gremjask
present participle	gremjandisk
past participle	gremzk, gramizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	gremjumk	grǫmdumk
2nd-person singular	gremsk	gramdisk
3rd-person singular	gremsk	gramdisk
1st-person plural	gremjumsk	grǫmdumsk
2nd-person plural	gremizk	grǫmduzk
3rd-person plural	gremjask	grǫmdusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	gremjumk	gremdumk
2nd-person singular	gremisk	gremdisk
3rd-person singular	gremisk	gremdisk
1st-person plural	gremimsk	gremdimsk
2nd-person plural	gremizk	gremdizk
3rd-person plural	gremisk	gremdisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	gremsk
1st-person plural	gremjumsk
2nd-person plural	gremizk

Related terms

• gramr (“wroth, angry”)
• gremi f (“wrath, anger”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: gremja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gremja, gremje, gremma, gremme
• Old Swedish: grämia, gräma
  • Swedish: gräma
• Danish: græmme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gremme; gremmes

References

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