gleyma

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gleyma (to be merry; to forget), from glaumr (whence Icelandic glaumur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkleiːma]
    Rhymes: -eiːma

Verb

gleyma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative gleymdi, supine gleymt)

  1. to forget [with dative]

Conjugation

gleyma – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur gleyma
supine sagnbót gleymt
present participle
gleymandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gleymi gleymdi gleymi gleymdi
þú gleymir gleymdir gleymir gleymdir
hann, hún, það gleymir gleymdi gleymi gleymdi
plural við gleymum gleymdum gleymum gleymdum
þið gleymið gleymduð gleymið gleymduð
þeir, þær, þau gleyma gleymdu gleymi gleymdu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú gleym (þú), gleymdu
plural þið gleymið (þið), gleymiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gleymast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að gleymast
supine sagnbót gleymst
present participle
gleymandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gleymist gleymdist gleymist gleymdist
þú gleymist gleymdist gleymist gleymdist
hann, hún, það gleymist gleymdist gleymist gleymdist
plural við gleymumst gleymdumst gleymumst gleymdumst
þið gleymist gleymdust gleymist gleymdust
þeir, þær, þau gleymast gleymdust gleymist gleymdust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú gleymst (þú), gleymstu
plural þið gleymist (þið), gleymisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gleymdur — 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)
gleymdur gleymd gleymt gleymdir gleymdar gleymd
accusative
(þolfall)
gleymdan gleymda gleymt gleymda gleymdar gleymd
dative
(þágufall)
gleymdum gleymdri gleymdu gleymdum gleymdum gleymdum
genitive
(eignarfall)
gleymds gleymdrar gleymds gleymdra gleymdra gleymdra
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
gleymdi gleymda gleymda gleymdu gleymdu gleymdu
accusative
(þolfall)
gleymda gleymdu gleymda gleymdu gleymdu gleymdu
dative
(þágufall)
gleymda gleymdu gleymda gleymdu gleymdu gleymdu
genitive
(eignarfall)
gleymda gleymdu gleymda gleymdu gleymdu gleymdu

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

Derived from glaumr (merry noise).[1] The "forget" sense likely stems from how one tends to forget one's worries and important tasks when celebrating and having fun.

Verb

gleyma

  1. to be merry
  2. to forget

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Icelandic: gleyma
  • Faroese: gloyma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gløyme, gløyma
  • Danish: glemme
  • Swedish: glömma
  • Scanian: glimma

References

  1. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “gleyma”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 174

Further reading

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