glíma

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkliːma/
  • Rhymes: -iːma

Etymology 1

From Old Norse glíma (Origin not known; preserved in modern Icelandic).

Verb

glíma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative glímdi, supine glímt)

  1. (intransitive) to wrestle
  2. to fight against, to tackle
    glíma við verðbólgu
    to fight against inflation
Conjugation
glíma – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að glíma
supine sagnbót glímt
present participle
lýsingarháttur nútíðar
 glímandi
indicative
framsöguháttur
 subjunctive
viðtengingarháttur
present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
 present
nútíð
 past
þátíð
singular ég glími glímdi glími glímdi
þú glímir glímdir glímir glímdir
hann, hún, það glímir glímdi glími glímdi
plural við glímum glímdum glímum glímdum
þið glímið glímduð glímið glímduð
þeir, þær, þau glíma glímdu glími glímdu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú glím (þú), glímdu
plural þið glímið (þið), glímiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

glíma f (genitive singular glímu, nominative plural glímur)

  1. wrestling
Declension
Declension of glíma (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glíma glíman glímur glímurnar
accusative glímu glímuna glímur glímurnar
dative glímu glímunni glímum glímunum
genitive glímu glímunnar glímna, glíma glímnanna, glímanna
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