hnjósa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, whence also Old High German niosan (German niesen).

Verb

hnjósa (singular past indicative hnaus, plural past indicative hnusu, past participle hnosinn)

  1. to sneeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of hnjósa — active (strong class 2)
infinitive hnjósa
present participle hnjósandi
past participle hnosinn
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hnýs hnaus hnjósa hnysa
2nd person singular hnýss hnaust hnjósir hnysir
3rd person singular hnýss hnaus hnjósi hnysi
1st person plural hnjósum hnusum hnjósim hnysim
2nd person plural hnjósið hnusuð hnjósið hnysið
3rd person plural hnjósa hnusu hnjósi hnysi
imperative present
2nd person singular hnjós
1st person plural hnjósum
2nd person plural hnjósið
Conjugation of hnjósa — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive hnjósask
present participle hnjósandisk
past participle hnosizk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hnjósumk hnusumk hnjósumk hnysumk
2nd person singular hnýsk hnausk hnjósisk hnysisk
3rd person singular hnýsk hnausk hnjósisk hnysisk
1st person plural hnjósumsk hnusumsk hnjósimsk hnysimsk
2nd person plural hnjósizk hnusuzk hnjósizk hnysizk
3rd person plural hnjósask hnususk hnjósisk hnysisk
imperative present
2nd person singular hnjósk
1st person plural hnjósumsk
2nd person plural hnjósizk

Descendants

  • Danish: nyse (Old Danish nysæ, niusæ)
  • Faroese: njósa
  • Icelandic: hnjósa, hnerra
  • Norwegian: nyse (Bokmål), nyse (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: nysa, njusa (dialectal) (Old Swedish niusa)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hnjósa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive