fnæsa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse fnœsa (to sneeze, snort), from Proto-Germanic *fnōsijaną (to snort, puff), from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (to breathe, pant). Related to Old Norse fnasa, Old English fnēosan (to sneeze). More at English sneeze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfnaiːsa]
  • Rhymes: -aiːsa

Verb

fnæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fnæsti, supine fnæst)

  1. (intransitive, especially of horses) to snort, to blow out
    Synonyms: frýsa, fnasa
    Hesturinn fnæsti.
    The horse snorted.

Conjugation

fnæsa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur fnæsa
supine sagnbót fnæst
present participle
fnæsandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég fnæsi fnæsti fnæsi fnæsti
þú fnæsir fnæstir fnæsir fnæstir
hann, hún, það fnæsir fnæsti fnæsi fnæsti
plural við fnæsum fnæstum fnæsum fnæstum
þið fnæsið fnæstuð fnæsið fnæstuð
þeir, þær, þau fnæsa fnæstu fnæsi fnæstu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú fnæs (þú), fnæstu
plural þið fnæsið (þið), fnæsiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.