hvæsa

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvæsa.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to hiss

Conjugation

Noun

Template:is-noun form

  1. indefinite genitive plural of hvæs

Old Norse

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá).

Verb

hvæsa

  1. to hiss

Descendants

  • Danish: hvæse
  • Faroese: hvæsa
  • Icelandic: hvæsa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvese
  • Swedish: väsa (older hväsa)
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  • Middle English: whesen (possibly)