melja

Gothic

Romanization

mēlja

  1. romanization of 𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌾𐌰

Old Norse

Etymology

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Verb

melja (singular past indicative maldi, plural past indicative mǫldu, past participle maldr or maliðr)

  1. to pound

Conjugation

Conjugation of melja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive melja
present participle meljandi
past participle maldr, maliðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular mel malda melja melda
2nd person singular melr maldir melir meldir
3rd person singular melr maldi meli meldi
1st person plural meljum mǫldum melim meldim
2nd person plural melið mǫlduð melið meldið
3rd person plural melja mǫldu meli meldi
imperative present
2nd person singular mel
1st person plural meljum
2nd person plural melið
Conjugation of melja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive meljask
present participle meljandisk
past participle malzk, malizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular meljumk mǫldumk meljumk meldumk
2nd person singular melsk maldisk melisk meldisk
3rd person singular melsk maldisk melisk meldisk
1st person plural meljumsk mǫldumsk melimsk meldimsk
2nd person plural melizk mǫlduzk melizk meldizk
3rd person plural meljask mǫldusk melisk meldisk
imperative present
2nd person singular melsk
1st person plural meljumsk
2nd person plural melizk

Further reading

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

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