hvetja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvetja, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈxʷɛːtja/
    Rhymes: -ɛːtja

Verb

hvetja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvatti, supine hvatt)

  1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to sharpen, whet (a blade, etc.)
  2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to encourage
  3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to catalyze; (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)

Derived terms
  • hvetja til

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną. Akin to English whet.

Verb

hvetja (singular past indicative hvatti, plural past indicative hvǫttu, past participle hvattr)

  1. (transitive with accusative) to whet
  2. (transitive with accusative) to encourage

Conjugation
Conjugation of hvetja — active (weak class 1)
infinitive hvetja
present participle hvetjandi
past participle hvattr
indicative present past
1st-person singular hvet hvatta
2nd-person singular hvetr hvattir
3rd-person singular hvetr hvatti
1st-person plural hvetjum hvǫttum
2nd-person plural hvetið hvǫttuð
3rd-person plural hvetja hvǫttu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hvetja hvetta
2nd-person singular hvetir hvettir
3rd-person singular hveti hvetti
1st-person plural hvetim hvettim
2nd-person plural hvetið hvettið
3rd-person plural hveti hvetti
imperative present
2nd-person singular hvet
1st-person plural hvetjum
2nd-person plural hvetið
Conjugation of hvetja — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive hvetjask
present participle hvetjandisk
past participle hvazk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hvetjumk hvǫttumk
2nd-person singular hvezk hvattisk
3rd-person singular hvezk hvattisk
1st-person plural hvetjumsk hvǫttumsk
2nd-person plural hvetizk hvǫttuzk
3rd-person plural hvetjask hvǫttusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hvetjumk hvettumk
2nd-person singular hvetisk hvettisk
3rd-person singular hvetisk hvettisk
1st-person plural hvetimsk hvettimsk
2nd-person plural hvetizk hvettizk
3rd-person plural hvetisk hvettisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hvezk
1st-person plural hvetjumsk
2nd-person plural hvetizk

Descendants
  • Icelandic: hvetja
  • Faroese: hvøtja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvetja, kvetje
  • Old Swedish: hvætia

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