verma

See also: Verma

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Verb

verma (third person singular past indicative vermdi, third person plural past indicative vermt, supine vermt)

  1. to warm, to warm up
  2. to breed
  3. to delight

Conjugation

Conjugation of verma (group v-1)
infinitive verma
supine vermt
participle (a7)1 vermandi vermdur
present past
first singular vermi vermdi
second singular vermir vermdi
third singular vermir vermdi
plural verma vermdu
imperative
singular verm!
plural vermið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

  • (warm): heita, hita
  • (breed): bøla
  • (delight): fløva

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛrma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrma

Verb

verma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vermdi, supine vermt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to warm, to heat

Conjugation

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *warmijaną, from *warmaz, whence varmr.

Verb

verma (singular past indicative vermdi, plural past indicative vermdu, past participle vermdr)

  1. to warm
    Synonym: ylja

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: verma
  • Faroese: verma
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: varma, varme, verma, verme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varme
  • Old Swedish: værma

References

  • verma”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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