Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

  1. to tame

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of temja (group v-18)
infinitive temja
supine tamt
participle (a7)1 temjandi tamdur
present past
first singular temji tamdi
second singular temur tamdi
third singular temur tamdi
plural temja tamdu
imperative
singular tem!
plural temjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

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

Conjugation edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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

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Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb edit

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

  1. to tame

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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