gremja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gremja (“fretting, annoyance”), confer the 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

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

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

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