herma

English

Noun

herma (plural hermae or hermai)

1. A herm

Anagrams

• Hamer, Hamre, Maher, Mehra, Rhame, harem, rhema

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• herme (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse herma, from Proto-Germanic *harmijaną (“to mimic, imitate; repeat, report”).

Verb

herma (imperative herm, present tense hermer or hermar, simple past hermde or herma, past participle hermt or herma)

1. to mimic, copy

   Han hermar alltid etter det læraren seier

   He always mimics what the teacher says

   • 1953, Halvdan Koht, På leit etter liner i historia: utvalde avhandligar utgjevne til åtti-års-dagen hans, Aschehoug:

     [...] den einaste måten [...] å etterlikne dei klassiske bokmennene på, det var med å fylle seg med ånda deira, ikkje med å herme etter orda

     [...] The only way [...] to emulate the classic authors, was to fill oneself with their spirit, not by imitating their words

2. to cite, refer to

Usage notes

This verb is often followed by the preposition etter

Synonyms

• (mimic): apa etter, etterlikna
• (cite): sitera, referera til

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾma/ [ˈeɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -eɾma
• Syllabification: her‧ma

Noun

herma m (plural hermas)

1. herm

Further reading

• “herma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16