berja

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (“to beat, to strike”).

berja (third person singular past indicative bardi, third person plural past indicative bardu, supine bart)

1. to beat

• sláa
• banka
• buka

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛrja/

  Rhymes: -ɛrja

From Old Norse berja, from Proto-Germanic *barjaną (“to beat, to strike”).

berja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative barði, supine barið)

1. to beat, to strike

j=j

• slá
• lumbra
• lemja

• berjast ("to fight")
• berja á ("to thrash")
• berja í gegn ("to force through")
• berja niður ("to suppress, to beat down")
• berja saman ("to cobble together")
• berja sér ("to gripe, to complain")

Inflected form of ber (“berry”).

berja n

1. indefinite genitive plural of ber

• berje

From Old Norse berja.

berja (present tense ber, past tense barde, past participle bart, passive infinitive berjast, present participle berjande, imperative ber)

1. (transitive) to beat
2. (transitive) to throw rocks at
3. (transitive) to thresh

berja f (definite singular berja, indefinite plural berjer or berjor, definite plural berjene or berjone)

1. definite singular of berje
2. (pre-2012) alternative form of berje

• “berja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *barjaną. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce, strike”).

berja (past indicative barði, past participle bariðr or barðr)

1. to beat
2. to fight

• ᛒᛆᚱᚦᛁ (barþi) — third singular past indicative – M 2
• ᛒᛅᚱᚦᚢᛋᚴ (barþusk) — mediopassive third plural past indicative – DR 66

• Icelandic: berja
• Faroese: berja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: berja, berje
• Old Swedish: bæria
  • Swedish: bärja
• Old Danish: bærje
  • Danish: bære

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

berja

1. indefinite genitive plural of ber (“berry”)

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