herja
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
Verb edit
herja (third person singular past indicative herjaði, third person plural past indicative herjað, supine herjað)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of herja (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | herja | |
supine | herjað | |
participle (a6)1 | herjandi | herjaður |
present | past | |
first singular | herji | herjaði |
second singular | herjar | herjaði |
third singular | herjar | herjaði |
plural | herja | herjaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | herja! | |
plural | herjið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Antonyms edit
- verja (defend, protect)
Derived terms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Likely borrowed from Old Norse herja (compare Swedish härja (“to wage war”)). Cognate with Karelian herja (“bad, evil, villain”), Estonian heris (“villain”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
herja
- slur, insult
- (informal) joking, banter, crack, quip
- (colloquial, computing) error, error message
- (archaic) villain
- (archaic) predator, beast of prey
- (archaic) evil spirit (of throat disease), demon
Declension edit
Inflection of herja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | herja | herjat | ||
genitive | herjan | herjojen | ||
partitive | herjaa | herjoja | ||
illative | herjaan | herjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | herja | herjat | ||
accusative | nom. | herja | herjat | |
gen. | herjan | |||
genitive | herjan | herjojen herjain rare | ||
partitive | herjaa | herjoja | ||
inessive | herjassa | herjoissa | ||
elative | herjasta | herjoista | ||
illative | herjaan | herjoihin | ||
adessive | herjalla | herjoilla | ||
ablative | herjalta | herjoilta | ||
allative | herjalle | herjoille | ||
essive | herjana | herjoina | ||
translative | herjaksi | herjoiksi | ||
abessive | herjatta | herjoitta | ||
instructive | — | herjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:herja.
Synonyms edit
- (spirit): Lemmon leiju
Derived terms edit
compounds
See also edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “herja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
herja
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
herja
- inflection of herje:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
Verb edit
herja (present tense herjar, past tense herja, past participle herja, passive infinitive herjast, present participle herjande, imperative herja/herj)
References edit
- “herja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
Verb edit
herja
- to go harrying or freebooting
- (transitive, with accusative) to despoil, waste
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of herja — active (weak class 2)
infinitive | herja | |
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present participle | herjandi | |
past participle | herjaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | herja | herjaða |
2nd-person singular | herjar | herjaðir |
3rd-person singular | herjar | herjaði |
1st-person plural | herjum | herjuðum |
2nd-person plural | herið | herjuðuð |
3rd-person plural | herja | herjuðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | herja | herjaða |
2nd-person singular | herir | herjaðir |
3rd-person singular | herir | herjaði |
1st-person plural | herim | herjaðim |
2nd-person plural | herið | herjaðið |
3rd-person plural | heri | herjaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | herja | |
1st-person plural | herjum | |
2nd-person plural | herið |
Conjugation of herja — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive | herjask | |
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present participle | herjandisk | |
past participle | herjazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | herjumk | herjuðumk |
2nd-person singular | herjask | herjaðisk |
3rd-person singular | herjask | herjaðisk |
1st-person plural | herjumsk | herjuðumsk |
2nd-person plural | herizk | herjuðuzk |
3rd-person plural | herjask | herjuðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | herjumk | herjuðumk |
2nd-person singular | herisk | herjaðisk |
3rd-person singular | herisk | herjaðisk |
1st-person plural | herimsk | herjaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | herizk | herjaðizk |
3rd-person plural | herisk | herjaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | herjask | |
1st-person plural | herjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | herizk |
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: herja
- Faroese: herja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: herja
- Old Swedish: hæria
- Swedish: härja
- Old Danish: hæriæ
References edit
- “herja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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