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

References

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