fremja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fremja, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb

fremja (third person singular past indicative framdi, third person plural past indicative framt, supine framt)

  1. to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-18)
infinitive
supine framt
present past
first singular fremji framdi
second singular fremur framdi
third singular fremur framdi
plural fremja framdu
participle (a7)1 fremjandi framdur
imperative
singular frem!
plural fremjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fremja, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛmja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmja

Verb

fremja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative framdi, supine framið)

  1. to do, to commit (usually something bad, such as a crime)
    Synonym: drýgja

Conjugation

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fremja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fremja
supine sagnbót framið
present participle
fremjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég frem framdi fremji fremdi
þú fremur framdir fremjir fremdir
hann, hún, það fremur framdi fremji fremdi
plural við fremjum frömdum fremjum fremdum
þið fremjið frömduð fremjið fremduð
þeir, þær, þau fremja frömdu fremji fremdu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú frem (þú), fremdu
plural þið fremjið (þið), fremjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
framinn — 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)
framinn framin framið framdir framdar framin
accusative
(þolfall)
framinn framda framið framda framdar framin
dative
(þágufall)
frömdum framinni frömdu frömdum frömdum frömdum
genitive
(eignarfall)
framins framinnar framins framinna framinna framinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
framdi framda framda frömdu frömdu frömdu
accusative
(þolfall)
framda frömdu framda frömdu frömdu frömdu
dative
(þágufall)
framda frömdu framda frömdu frömdu frömdu
genitive
(eignarfall)
framda frömdu framda frömdu frömdu frömdu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse fremja, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛmja/

Verb

fremja (present tense fremjar, past tense fremja, past participle fremja, passive infinitive fremjast, present participle fremjande, imperative fremja/fremj)

  1. promote
  2. present
  3. execute, carry out

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb

fremja

  1. to promote
  2. to accomplish

Conjugation

Conjugation of fremja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive fremja
present participle fremjandi
past participle framdr, framiðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular frem framda fremja fremda
2nd person singular fremr framdir fremir fremdir
3rd person singular fremr framdi fremi fremdi
1st person plural fremjum frǫmdum fremim fremdim
2nd person plural fremið frǫmduð fremið fremdið
3rd person plural fremja frǫmdu fremi fremdi
imperative present
2nd person singular frem
1st person plural fremjum
2nd person plural fremið
Conjugation of fremja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive fremjask
present participle fremjandisk
past participle framzk, framizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular fremjumk frǫmdumk fremjumk fremdumk
2nd person singular fremsk framdisk fremisk fremdisk
3rd person singular fremsk framdisk fremisk fremdisk
1st person plural fremjumsk frǫmdumsk fremimsk fremdimsk
2nd person plural fremizk frǫmduzk fremizk fremdizk
3rd person plural fremjask frǫmdusk fremisk fremdisk
imperative present
2nd person singular fremsk
1st person plural fremjumsk
2nd person plural fremizk

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: fremja
  • Faroese: fremja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fremja
  • Old Swedish: fræmia, fræmmia
  • Old Danish: fræmdær (past participle)
    • Middle Danish: fræmmæ, fræmiæ

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fremja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive