verma

See also: Verma

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Verb

verma (third person singular past indicative vermdi, third person plural past indicative vermt, supine vermt)

1. to warm, to warm up
2. to breed
3. to delight

Conjugation

Conjugation of verma (group v-1)
infinitive	verma
supine	vermt
participle (a7)1	vermandi	vermdur
	present	past
first singular	vermi	vermdi
second singular	vermir	vermdi
third singular	vermir	vermdi
plural	verma	vermdu
	imperative
singular	verm!
plural	vermið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• (warm): heita, hita
• (breed): bøla
• (delight): fløva

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛrma/
• Rhymes: -ɛrma

Verb

verma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vermdi, supine vermt)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to warm, to heat

Conjugation

verma — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að verma
supine (sagnbót)		vermt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vermandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vermi	við vermum	present (nútíð)	ég vermi	við vermum
	þú vermir	þið vermið		þú vermir	þið vermið
	hann, hún, það vermir	þeir, þær, þau verma		hann, hún, það vermi	þeir, þær, þau vermi
past (þátíð)	ég vermdi	við vermdum	past (þátíð)	ég vermdi	við vermdum
	þú vermdir	þið vermduð		þú vermdir	þið vermduð
	hann, hún, það vermdi	þeir, þær, þau vermdu		hann, hún, það vermdi	þeir, þær, þau vermdu
imperative (boðháttur)	verm (þú)	vermið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vermdu	vermiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vermast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að vermast
supine (sagnbót)		vermst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		vermandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég vermist	við vermumst	present (nútíð)	ég vermist	við vermumst
	þú vermist	þið vermist		þú vermist	þið vermist
	hann, hún, það vermist	þeir, þær, þau vermast		hann, hún, það vermist	þeir, þær, þau vermist
past (þátíð)	ég vermdist	við vermdumst	past (þátíð)	ég vermdist	við vermdumst
	þú vermdist	þið vermdust		þú vermdist	þið vermdust
	hann, hún, það vermdist	þeir, þær, þau vermdust		hann, hún, það vermdist	þeir, þær, þau vermdust
imperative (boðháttur)	vermst (þú)	vermist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	vermstu	vermisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

vermdur — 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)	vermdur	vermd	vermt		vermdir	vermdar	vermd
accusative (þolfall)	vermdan	vermda	vermt		vermda	vermdar	vermd
dative (þágufall)	vermdum	vermdri	vermdu		vermdum	vermdum	vermdum
genitive (eignarfall)	vermds	vermdrar	vermds		vermdra	vermdra	vermdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	vermdi	vermda	vermda		vermdu	vermdu	vermdu
accusative (þolfall)	vermda	vermdu	vermda		vermdu	vermdu	vermdu
dative (þágufall)	vermda	vermdu	vermda		vermdu	vermdu	vermdu
genitive (eignarfall)	vermda	vermdu	vermda		vermdu	vermdu	vermdu

Synonyms

• (to warm): hlýja, hita, ylja

Related terms

• varmi (“warmth, heat”)
• varmur (“warm”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmijaną, from *warmaz, whence varmr.

Verb

verma (singular past indicative vermdi, plural past indicative vermdu, past participle vermdr)

1. to warm

   Synonym: ylja

Conjugation

Conjugation of verma — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	verma
present participle	vermandi
past participle	vermdr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vermi	vermda
2nd-person singular	vermir	vermdir
3rd-person singular	vermir	vermdi
1st-person plural	vermum	vermdum
2nd-person plural	vermið	vermduð
3rd-person plural	verma	vermdu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	verma	vermda
2nd-person singular	vermir	vermdir
3rd-person singular	vermi	vermdi
1st-person plural	vermim	vermdim
2nd-person plural	vermið	vermdið
3rd-person plural	vermi	vermdi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	verm, vermi
1st-person plural	vermum
2nd-person plural	vermið

Conjugation of verma — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	vermask
present participle	vermandisk
past participle	vermzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	vermumk	vermdumk
2nd-person singular	vermisk	vermdisk
3rd-person singular	vermisk	vermdisk
1st-person plural	vermumsk	vermdumsk
2nd-person plural	vermizk	vermduzk
3rd-person plural	vermask	vermdusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	vermumk	vermdumk
2nd-person singular	vermisk	vermdisk
3rd-person singular	vermisk	vermdisk
1st-person plural	vermimsk	vermdimsk
2nd-person plural	vermizk	vermdizk
3rd-person plural	vermisk	vermdisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	vermsk, vermisk
1st-person plural	vermumsk
2nd-person plural	vermizk

Related terms

• varmr
• vermi

Descendants

• Icelandic: verma
• Faroese: verma
• Norwegian Nynorsk: varma, varme, verma, verme
• Norwegian Bokmål: varme
• Old Swedish: værma
  • Swedish: värma

References

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