hvæsa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvæsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷaiːsa/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰvaiːsa/
    Rhymes: -aiːsa

Verb

hvæsa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvæsti, supine hvæst)

  1. to hiss

Conjugation

Noun

hvæsa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hvæs

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Compare English wheeze

Verb

hvæsa

  1. to hiss

Descendants

  • Norwegian: hvese (Bokmål), kvese (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: väsa (older hväsa)
  • Westrobothnian: wees
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