hressa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hressa.

Verb

hressa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hressti, supine hresst)

  1. to refresh

Conjugation

hressa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að hressa
supine
(sagnbót) 		hresst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		hressandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég hressi við hressum present
(nútíð) 		ég hressi við hressum
þú hressir þið hressið þú hressir þið hressið
hann, hún, það hressir þeir, þær, þau hressa hann, hún, það hressi þeir, þær, þau hressi
past
(þátíð) 		ég hressti við hresstum past
(þátíð) 		ég hressti við hresstum
þú hresstir þið hresstuð þú hresstir þið hresstuð
hann, hún, það hressti þeir, þær, þau hresstu hann, hún, það hressti þeir, þær, þau hresstu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		hress (þú) hressið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hresstu hressiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hressast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að hressast
supine
(sagnbót) 		hresst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		hressandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég hressist við hressumst present
(nútíð) 		ég hressist við hressumst
þú hressist þið hressist þú hressist þið hressist
hann, hún, það hressist þeir, þær, þau hressast hann, hún, það hressist þeir, þær, þau hressist
past
(þátíð) 		ég hresstist við hresstumst past
(þátíð) 		ég hresstist við hresstumst
þú hresstist þið hresstust þú hresstist þið hresstust
hann, hún, það hresstist þeir, þær, þau hresstust hann, hún, það hresstist þeir, þær, þau hresstust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		hresst (þú) hressist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
hresstu hressisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
hresstur — 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) 		hresstur hresst hresst hresstir hresstar hresst
accusative
(þolfall) 		hresstan hressta hresst hressta hresstar hresst
dative
(þágufall) 		hresstum hresstri hresstu hresstum hresstum hresstum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		hressts hresstrar hressts hresstra hresstra hresstra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		hressti hressta hressta hresstu hresstu hresstu
accusative
(þolfall) 		hressta hresstu hressta hresstu hresstu hresstu
dative
(þágufall) 		hressta hresstu hressta hresstu hresstu hresstu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		hressta hresstu hressta hresstu hresstu hresstu

Old Norse

Etymology

From hress (“in good spirits, at health”).

Verb

hressa

  1. to refresh, cheer
  2. (reflexive) to regain strength
  3. to restore

Conjugation

Conjugation of hressa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hressa
present participle hressandi
past participle hrestr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hressi hresta
2nd-person singular hressir hrestir
3rd-person singular hressir hresti
1st-person plural hressum hrestum
2nd-person plural hressið hrestuð
3rd-person plural hressa hrestu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hressa hresta
2nd-person singular hressir hrestir
3rd-person singular hressi hresti
1st-person plural hressim hrestim
2nd-person plural hressið hrestið
3rd-person plural hressi hresti
imperative present
2nd-person singular hress, hressi
1st-person plural hressum
2nd-person plural hressið
Conjugation of hressa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hressask
present participle hressandisk
past participle hresk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hressumk hrestumk
2nd-person singular hressisk hrestisk
3rd-person singular hressisk hrestisk
1st-person plural hressumsk hrestumsk
2nd-person plural hressizk hrestuzk
3rd-person plural hressask hrestusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hressumk hrestumk
2nd-person singular hressisk hrestisk
3rd-person singular hressisk hrestisk
1st-person plural hressimsk hrestimsk
2nd-person plural hressizk hrestizk
3rd-person plural hressisk hrestisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hresk, hressisk
1st-person plural hressumsk
2nd-person plural hressizk

Adjective

hressa

  1. inflection of hress:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree strong genitive plural
    4. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    5. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    6. positive degree weak neuter singular

References

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