Inherited from Old Swedish vrenskas. Likely onomatopoeic. Compare Dutch wrensen (“neigh”), Low German wrinschen (“neigh”).
vrenskas (present vrenskas, preterite vrenskades, supine vrenskats, imperative vrenskas)
Commonly used to describe horses.
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | — | vrenskas | ||
Supine | — | vrenskats | ||
Imperative | — | vrenskas | ||
Imper. plural1 | — | vrenskens | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | — | — | vrenskas | vrenskades |
Ind. plural1 | — | — | vrenskas | vrenskades |
Subjunctive2 | — | — | vrenskes | vrenskades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | — | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |