hvískra

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Icelandic

Verb

hvískra (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvískraði, supine hvískrað)

  1. to whisper
    Synonyms: hvísla, pukra, pískra

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hwīskrōną.

Verb

hvískra

  1. to whisper
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: hvískra
  • >? Norn: hvista
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kviskra, kviska
  • Swedish: viska
  • Danish: hviske

Etymology 2

Noun

hvískra

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hvískr

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