herja
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
Verb[edit]
herja (third person singular past indicative herjaði, third person plural past indicative herjað, supine herjað)
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of herja (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | herja | |
supine | herjað | |
participle (a6)1 | herjandi | herjaður |
present | past | |
first singular | herji | herjaði |
second singular | herjar | herjaði |
third singular | herjar | herjaði |
plural | herja | herjaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | herja! | |
plural | herjið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Antonyms[edit]
- verja (defend, protect)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely borrowed from Old Norse herja (compare Swedish härja (“to wage war”)). Cognate with Karelian herja (“bad, evil, villain”), Estonian heris (“villain”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
herja
- slur, insult
- (informal) joking, banter, crack, quip
- (colloquial, computing) error, error message
- (archaic) villain
- (archaic) predator, beast of prey
- (archaic) evil spirit (of throat disease), demon
Declension[edit]
Inflection of herja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | herja | herjat | ||
genitive | herjan | herjojen | ||
partitive | herjaa | herjoja | ||
illative | herjaan | herjoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | herja | herjat | ||
accusative | nom. | herja | herjat | |
gen. | herjan | |||
genitive | herjan | herjojen herjainrare | ||
partitive | herjaa | herjoja | ||
inessive | herjassa | herjoissa | ||
elative | herjasta | herjoista | ||
illative | herjaan | herjoihin | ||
adessive | herjalla | herjoilla | ||
ablative | herjalta | herjoilta | ||
allative | herjalle | herjoille | ||
essive | herjana | herjoina | ||
translative | herjaksi | herjoiksi | ||
abessive | herjatta | herjoitta | ||
instructive | — | herjoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Quotations[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:herja.
Synonyms[edit]
- (spirit): Lemmon leiju
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “herja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
Icelandic[edit]
Noun[edit]
herja
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
herja
- inflection of herje:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
Verb[edit]
herja (present tense herjar, past tense herja, past participle herja, passive infinitive herjast, present participle herjande, imperative herja/herj)
References[edit]
- “herja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *harjōną.
Verb[edit]
herja
- to go harrying or freebooting
- (transitive, with accusative) to despoil, waste
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of herja — active (weak class 2)
infinitive | herja | |
---|---|---|
present participle | herjandi | |
past participle | herjaðr | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | herja | herjaða |
2nd-person singular | herjar | herjaðir |
3rd-person singular | herjar | herjaði |
1st-person plural | herjum | herjuðum |
2nd-person plural | herið | herjuðuð |
3rd-person plural | herja | herjuðu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | herja | herjaða |
2nd-person singular | herir | herjaðir |
3rd-person singular | herir | herjaði |
1st-person plural | herim | herjaðim |
2nd-person plural | herið | herjaðið |
3rd-person plural | heri | herjaði |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | herja | |
1st-person plural | herjum | |
2nd-person plural | herið |
Conjugation of herja — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive | herjask | |
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present participle | herjandisk | |
past participle | herjazk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | herjumk | herjuðumk |
2nd-person singular | herjask | herjaðisk |
3rd-person singular | herjask | herjaðisk |
1st-person plural | herjumsk | herjuðumsk |
2nd-person plural | herizk | herjuðuzk |
3rd-person plural | herjask | herjuðusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | herjumk | herjuðumk |
2nd-person singular | herisk | herjaðisk |
3rd-person singular | herisk | herjaðisk |
1st-person plural | herimsk | herjaðimsk |
2nd-person plural | herizk | herjaðizk |
3rd-person plural | herisk | herjaðisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | herjask | |
1st-person plural | herjumsk | |
2nd-person plural | herizk |
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: herja
- Faroese: herja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: herja
- Old Swedish: hæria
- Swedish: härja
- Old Danish: hæriæ
References[edit]
- “herja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Faroese lemmas
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