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fremja

fremja

Faroese

Verb

fremja (third person singular past indicative framdi, third person plural past indicative framt, supine framt)

  1. to do

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fremja, from Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fremja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative framdi, supine framið)

  1. to do, to commit (usually something bad, such as a crime)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse fremja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɛmja/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

fremja (present tense fremjar, past tense fremja, past participle fremja, passive infinitive fremjast, present participle fremjande, imperative fremja/fremj)

  1. promote
  2. present
  3. execute, carry out

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb

fremja

  1. to accomplish

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References

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