hvetja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvetja, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

hvetja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvatti, supine hvatt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to sharpen, whet (a blade, etc.)
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to encourage
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to catalyze; (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną. Akin to English whet.

Verb

hvetja (singular past indicative hvatti, plural past indicative hvǫttu, past participle hvattr)

  1. (transitive with accusative) to whet
  2. (transitive with accusative) to encourage

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hvetja
  • Faroese: hvøtja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvetja, kvetje
  • Old Swedish: hvætia

References

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