hníta

See also: hnita

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnītaną.

Verb

hníta (singular past indicative hneit, plural past indicative hnitu, past participle hnitinn)

1. to strike, wound

   hjǫrr hneit við hjarta

   the steel touched his heart

Conjugation

Conjugation of hníta — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	hníta
present participle	hnítandi
past participle	hnitinn
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hnít	hneit
2nd-person singular	hnítr	hneizt
3rd-person singular	hnítr	hneit
1st-person plural	hnítum	hnitum
2nd-person plural	hnítið	hnituð
3rd-person plural	hníta	hnitu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hníta	hnita
2nd-person singular	hnítir	hnitir
3rd-person singular	hníti	hniti
1st-person plural	hnítim	hnitim
2nd-person plural	hnítið	hnitið
3rd-person plural	hníti	hniti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hnít
1st-person plural	hnítum
2nd-person plural	hnítið

Conjugation of hníta — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	hnítask
present participle	hnítandisk
past participle	hnitizk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hnítumk	hnitumk
2nd-person singular	hnízk	hneizk
3rd-person singular	hnízk	hneizk
1st-person plural	hnítumsk	hnitumsk
2nd-person plural	hnítizk	hnituzk
3rd-person plural	hnítask	hnitusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hnítumk	hnitumk
2nd-person singular	hnítisk	hnitisk
3rd-person singular	hnítisk	hnitisk
1st-person plural	hnítimsk	hnitimsk
2nd-person plural	hnítizk	hnitizk
3rd-person plural	hnítisk	hnitisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hnízk
1st-person plural	hnítumsk
2nd-person plural	hnítizk

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: nita, nite

References

• hníta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.