herja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną. === Verb === herja (third person singular past indicative herjaði, third person plural past indicative herjað, supine herjað) To wage war To ravage, to plunder ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Antonyms ==== verja (defend, protect) ==== Derived terms ==== herja á - to attack, to assault == Finnish == === Etymology === Likely borrowed from Old Norse herja (compare Swedish härja (“to wage war”)). Cognate with Karelian herja (“bad, evil, villain”), Estonian heris (“villain”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈherjɑ/, [ˈhe̞rjɑ̝] Rhymes: -erjɑ Syllabification(key): her‧ja Hyphenation(key): her‧ja === Noun === 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 ==== ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:herja. ==== Synonyms ==== (spirit): Lemmon leiju ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== herjata === References === === Further reading === “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 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === rahje == Icelandic == === Noun === herja indefinite genitive plural of her == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === herjet === Verb === herja inflection of herje: simple past past participle == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === herje (e-infinitive) hørjå, herri (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną. === Verb === herja (present tense herjar, past tense herja, past participle herja, passive infinitive herjast, present participle herjande, imperative herja/herj) to devastate, ravage, lay waste === References === “herja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *harjōną. === Verb === herja to go harrying or freebooting to despoil, waste [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: herja Faroese: herja Norwegian Nynorsk: herja Old Swedish: hæria Swedish: härja Old Danish: hæriæ Danish: hærge Early Norwegian Bokmål: hærje Norwegian Bokmål: herje (also from Norwegian herja) === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “herja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive