hvessa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwassijaną, factitive of hvass.

Verb

hvessa

  1. sharpen

Conjugation

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
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