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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to tame

Conjugation

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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
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See also

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References

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

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

  1. to tame

Conjugation

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Descendants

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

References

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