hvessa

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwassijaną, factitive of hvass.

Verb

hvessa

  1. sharpen

Conjugation

Conjugation of hvessa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hvessa
present participle hvessandi
past participle hvestr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hvessi hvesta
2nd-person singular hvessir hvestir
3rd-person singular hvessir hvesti
1st-person plural hvessum hvestum
2nd-person plural hvessið hvestuð
3rd-person plural hvessa hvestu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hvessa hvesta
2nd-person singular hvessir hvestir
3rd-person singular hvessi hvesti
1st-person plural hvessim hvestim
2nd-person plural hvessið hvestið
3rd-person plural hvessi hvesti
imperative present
2nd-person singular hvess, hvessi
1st-person plural hvessum
2nd-person plural hvessið
Conjugation of hvessa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hvessask
present participle hvessandisk
past participle hvesk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hvessumk hvestumk
2nd-person singular hvessisk hvestisk
3rd-person singular hvessisk hvestisk
1st-person plural hvessumsk hvestumsk
2nd-person plural hvessizk hvestuzk
3rd-person plural hvessask hvestusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hvessumk hvestumk
2nd-person singular hvessisk hvestisk
3rd-person singular hvessisk hvestisk
1st-person plural hvessimsk hvestimsk
2nd-person plural hvessizk hvestizk
3rd-person plural hvessisk hvestisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hvesk, hvessisk
1st-person plural hvessumsk
2nd-person plural hvessizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hvessa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvesse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvesse, kvesse
  • Swedish: vässa
  • Danish: hvæsse
  • Faroese: hvøssa

References

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