vaxa

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Numberguy6 (talk | contribs) as of 17:31, 29 December 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: växa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

vaxa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative óx, third-person plural past indicative uxu, supine vaxið)

  1. to grow
Conjugation

Template:is-conj (vaxa)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the noun vax (wax).

Verb

vaxa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaxaði, supine vaxað)

  1. to wax (apply wax to)
Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

Lua error: The template Template:PIE root does not use the parameter(s):
2=h₂weg
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (to increase, enlarge).

Verb

vaxa (singular past indicative óx, plural past indicative óxu, past participle vax)

  1. to grow, increase

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: vaxa
  • Faroese: vaksa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vekse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vokse
  • Gutnish: vaksa
  • Old Danish: waxæ
  • Swedish: växa

References

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

Swedish

Verb

vaxa (present vaxar, preterite vaxade, supine vaxat, imperative vaxa)

  1. to wax, to apply wax to something, usually to make the surface shiny
  2. to wax, to remove hair by applying wax

Conjugation

Related terms