hixta

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiksatjaną, cognate with Middle High German hechezen.

Noun

hixta

1. oblique singular indefinite of hixti m
2. accusative plural indefinite of hixti m
3. genitive plural indefinite of hixti m

Participle

hixta

1. strong feminine accusative singular of hixtr
2. strong masculine accusative plural of hixtr
3. weak masculine oblique singular of hixtr
4. weak feminine nominative singular of hixtr
5. weak neuter singular of hixtr

Verb

hixta (singular past indicative hixti, plural past indicative hixtu, past participle hixtr)

1. (intransitive) to hiccough
2. (intransitive) to sob

Conjugation

Conjugation of hixta — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	hixta
present participle	hixtandi
past participle	hixtr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hixti	hixta
2nd-person singular	hixtir	hixtir
3rd-person singular	hixtir	hixti
1st-person plural	hixtum	hixtum
2nd-person plural	hixtið	hixtuð
3rd-person plural	hixta	hixtu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hixta	hixta
2nd-person singular	hixtir	hixtir
3rd-person singular	hixti	hixti
1st-person plural	hixtim	hixtim
2nd-person plural	hixtið	hixtið
3rd-person plural	hixti	hixti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hixt, hixti
1st-person plural	hixtum
2nd-person plural	hixtið

Conjugation of hixta — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	hixtask
present participle	hixtandisk
past participle	hixtzk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hixtumk	hixtumk
2nd-person singular	hixtisk	hixtisk
3rd-person singular	hixtisk	hixtisk
1st-person plural	hixtumsk	hixtumsk
2nd-person plural	hixtizk	hixtuzk
3rd-person plural	hixtask	hixtusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hixtumk	hixtumk
2nd-person singular	hixtisk	hixtisk
3rd-person singular	hixtisk	hixtisk
1st-person plural	hixtimsk	hixtimsk
2nd-person plural	hixtizk	hixtizk
3rd-person plural	hixtisk	hixtisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hixtsk, hixtisk
1st-person plural	hixtumsk
2nd-person plural	hixtizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: hiksta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hiksta, hikste
• Norwegian Bokmål: hikste

References

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