Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hvass, from Proto-Germanic *hwassaz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /xʷasː/ (
    (file)
    )
  • IPA(key): /kʰvasː/ (
    (file)
    )
    Rhymes: -asː

Adjective edit

hvass (comparative hvassari, superlative hvassastur)

  1. sharp (of a knife, etc.)
  2. harsh (in manner, tone, etc.)

Inflection edit

Related terms edit

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hwassaz.

Adjective edit

hvass

  1. sharp, keen
  2. fig, of the intellect
  3. sharp, acute

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Icelandic: hvass
  • Faroese: hvassur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvass
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kvass
  • Old Swedish: hvas
  • Danish: hvas

References edit

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

Swedish edit

Adjective edit

hvass

  1. Obsolete spelling of vass