fremja

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of fremja (group v-18)
infinitive	fremja
supine	framt
participle (a7)1	fremjandi	framdur
	present	past
first singular	fremji	framdi
second singular	fremur	framdi
third singular	fremur	framdi
plural	fremja	framdu
	imperative
singular	frem!
plural	fremjið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• gera

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)

   Synonym: drýgja

Conjugation

fremja — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að fremja
supine (sagnbót)		framið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		fremjandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég frem	við fremjum	present (nútíð)	ég fremji	við fremjum
	þú fremur	þið fremjið		þú fremjir	þið fremjið
	hann, hún, það fremur	þeir, þær, þau fremja		hann, hún, það fremji	þeir, þær, þau fremji
past (þátíð)	ég framdi	við frömdum	past (þátíð)	ég fremdi	við fremdum
	þú framdir	þið frömduð		þú fremdir	þið fremduð
	hann, hún, það framdi	þeir, þær, þau frömdu		hann, hún, það fremdi	þeir, þær, þau fremdu
imperative (boðháttur)	frem (þú)	fremjið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	fremdu	fremjiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

framinn — 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)	framinn	framin	framið		framdir	framdar	framin
accusative (þolfall)	framinn	framda	framið		framda	framdar	framin
dative (þágufall)	frömdum	framinni	frömdu		frömdum	frömdum	frömdum
genitive (eignarfall)	framins	framinnar	framins		framinna	framinna	framinna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	framdi	framda	framda		frömdu	frömdu	frömdu
accusative (þolfall)	framda	frömdu	framda		frömdu	frömdu	frömdu
dative (þágufall)	framda	frömdu	framda		frömdu	frömdu	frömdu
genitive (eignarfall)	framda	frömdu	framda		frömdu	frömdu	frömdu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• fremje
• fremma, fremme

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɛmja/

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

• “fremja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *framjaną.

Verb

fremja

1. to promote
2. to accomplish

Conjugation

Conjugation of fremja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	fremja
present participle	fremjandi
past participle	framdr, framiðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	frem	framda
2nd-person singular	fremr	framdir
3rd-person singular	fremr	framdi
1st-person plural	fremjum	frǫmdum
2nd-person plural	fremið	frǫmduð
3rd-person plural	fremja	frǫmdu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fremja	fremda
2nd-person singular	fremir	fremdir
3rd-person singular	fremi	fremdi
1st-person plural	fremim	fremdim
2nd-person plural	fremið	fremdið
3rd-person plural	fremi	fremdi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	frem
1st-person plural	fremjum
2nd-person plural	fremið

Conjugation of fremja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	fremjask
present participle	fremjandisk
past participle	framzk, framizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fremjumk	frǫmdumk
2nd-person singular	fremsk	framdisk
3rd-person singular	fremsk	framdisk
1st-person plural	fremjumsk	frǫmdumsk
2nd-person plural	fremizk	frǫmduzk
3rd-person plural	fremjask	frǫmdusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	fremjumk	fremdumk
2nd-person singular	fremisk	fremdisk
3rd-person singular	fremisk	fremdisk
1st-person plural	fremimsk	fremdimsk
2nd-person plural	fremizk	fremdizk
3rd-person plural	fremisk	fremdisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fremsk
1st-person plural	fremjumsk
2nd-person plural	fremizk

Synonyms

• beina
• inna
• vinna

Derived terms

• frǫmuðr (“promoter, inciter”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: fremja
• Faroese: fremja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fremja
• Old Swedish: fræmia, fræmmia
  • Swedish: främja
• Old Danish: fræmdær (past participle)
  • Middle Danish: fræmmæ, fræmiæ
    • Danish: fremme
      • Norwegian Bokmål: fremme
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: fremma

References

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