hnjósa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, whence also Old High German niosan (German niesen).

Verb

hnjósa (singular past indicative hnaus, plural past indicative hnusu, past participle hnosinn)

1. to sneeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of hnjósa — active (strong class 2)

infinitive	hnjósa
present participle	hnjósandi
past participle	hnosinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hnýs	hnaus
2nd-person singular	hnýss	hnaust
3rd-person singular	hnýss	hnaus
1st-person plural	hnjósum	hnusum
2nd-person plural	hnjósið	hnusuð
3rd-person plural	hnjósa	hnusu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hnjósa	hnysa
2nd-person singular	hnjósir	hnysir
3rd-person singular	hnjósi	hnysi
1st-person plural	hnjósim	hnysim
2nd-person plural	hnjósið	hnysið
3rd-person plural	hnjósi	hnysi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hnjós
1st-person plural	hnjósum
2nd-person plural	hnjósið

Conjugation of hnjósa — mediopassive (strong class 2)

infinitive	hnjósask
present participle	hnjósandisk
past participle	hnosizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hnjósumk	hnusumk
2nd-person singular	hnýsk	hnausk
3rd-person singular	hnýsk	hnausk
1st-person plural	hnjósumsk	hnusumsk
2nd-person plural	hnjósizk	hnusuzk
3rd-person plural	hnjósask	hnususk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hnjósumk	hnysumk
2nd-person singular	hnjósisk	hnysisk
3rd-person singular	hnjósisk	hnysisk
1st-person plural	hnjósimsk	hnysimsk
2nd-person plural	hnjósizk	hnysizk
3rd-person plural	hnjósisk	hnysisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hnjósk
1st-person plural	hnjósumsk
2nd-person plural	hnjósizk

Related terms

• fnjósa, whence fnysa, fnyse

Descendants

• Danish: nyse (Old Danish nysæ, niusæ)
• Faroese: njósa
• Icelandic: hnjósa (obsolete), hnerra
• Norwegian: nyse (Bokmål), nyse (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: nysa, njusa (dialectal) (Old Swedish niusa)

References

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