hvessa

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 subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hvessi hvesta hvessa hvesta
2nd person singular hvessir hvestir hvessir hvestir
3rd person singular hvessir hvesti hvessi hvesti
1st person plural hvessum hvestum hvessim hvestim
2nd person plural hvessið hvestuð hvessið hvestið
3rd person plural hvessa hvestu 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 subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular hvessumk hvestumk hvessumk hvestumk
2nd person singular hvessisk hvestisk hvessisk hvestisk
3rd person singular hvessisk hvestisk hvessisk hvestisk
1st person plural hvessumsk hvestumsk hvessimsk hvestimsk
2nd person plural hvessizk hvestuzk hvessizk hvestizk
3rd person plural hvessask hvestusk 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

Further reading

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