temja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (third person singular past indicative tamdi, third person plural past indicative tamt, supine tamt)

  1. to tame

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-18)
infinitive
supine tamt
present past
first singular temji tamdi
second singular temur tamdi
third singular temur tamdi
plural temja tamdu
participle (a7)1 temjandi tamdur
imperative
singular tem!
plural temjið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

temja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tamdi, supine tamið)

  1. to tame
  2. to train, to break in (a horse)

Conjugation

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temja – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur temja
supine sagnbót tamið
present participle
temjandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég tem tamdi temji temdi
þú temur tamdir temjir temdir
hann, hún, það temur tamdi temji temdi
plural við temjum tömdum temjum temdum
þið temjið tömduð temjið temduð
þeir, þær, þau temja tömdu temji temdu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú tem (þú), temdu
plural þið temjið (þið), temjiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
temjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að temjast
supine sagnbót tamist
present participle
temjandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég temst tamdist temjist temdist
þú temst tamdist temjist temdist
hann, hún, það temst tamdist temjist temdist
plural við temjumst tömdumst temjumst temdumst
þið temjist tömdust temjist temdust
þeir, þær, þau temjast tömdust temjist temdust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú temst (þú), temstu
plural þið temist (þið), temisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
taminn — 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)
taminn tamin tamið tamdir tamdar tamin
accusative
(þolfall)
taminn tamda tamið tamda tamdar tamin
dative
(þágufall)
tömdum taminni tömdu tömdum tömdum tömdum
genitive
(eignarfall)
tamins taminnar tamins taminna taminna taminna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
tamdi tamda tamda tömdu tömdu tömdu
accusative
(þolfall)
tamda tömdu tamda tömdu tömdu tömdu
dative
(þágufall)
tamda tömdu tamda tömdu tömdu tömdu
genitive
(eignarfall)
tamda tömdu tamda tömdu tömdu tömdu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (present tense tem, past tense tamde, supine tamt, past participle tamd, present participle temjande, imperative tem)

  1. (transitive) to tame
  2. (transitive) to domesticate

See also

References

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

temja (singular past indicative tamdi, plural past indicative tǫmdu, past participle tamdr or tamiðr or taminn)

  1. to tame

Conjugation

Conjugation of temja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive temja
present participle temjandi
past participle tamdr, tamiðr, taminn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular tem tamda temja temda
2nd person singular temr tamdir temir temdir
3rd person singular temr tamdi temi temdi
1st person plural temjum tǫmdum temim temdim
2nd person plural temið tǫmduð temið temdið
3rd person plural temja tǫmdu temi temdi
imperative present
2nd person singular tem
1st person plural temjum
2nd person plural temið
Conjugation of temja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive temjask
present participle temjandisk
past participle tamzk, tamizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular temjumk tǫmdumk temjumk temdumk
2nd person singular temsk tamdisk temisk temdisk
3rd person singular temsk tamdisk temisk temdisk
1st person plural temjumsk tǫmdumsk temimsk temdimsk
2nd person plural temizk tǫmduzk temizk temdizk
3rd person plural temjask tǫmdusk temisk temdisk
imperative present
2nd person singular temsk
1st person plural temjumsk
2nd person plural temizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: temja
  • Faroese: temja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: temja, temje, temma, temme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: temme
  • Old Swedish: tæmia
  • Danish: tæmme

Further reading

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