hvetja

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hvetja, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxʷɛːtja/

  Rhymes: -ɛːtja

Verb

hvetja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvatti, supine hvatt)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to sharpen, whet (a blade, etc.)
2. (transitive, governs the accusative) to encourage
3. (transitive, governs the accusative) to catalyze; (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction)

Derived terms

• hvetja til

Related terms

• hvati
• hvetjandi

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną. Akin to English whet.

Verb

hvetja (singular past indicative hvatti, plural past indicative hvǫttu, past participle hvattr)

1. (transitive with accusative) to whet
2. (transitive with accusative) to encourage

Conjugation

Conjugation of hvetja — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	hvetja
present participle	hvetjandi
past participle	hvattr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hvet	hvatta
2nd-person singular	hvetr	hvattir
3rd-person singular	hvetr	hvatti
1st-person plural	hvetjum	hvǫttum
2nd-person plural	hvetið	hvǫttuð
3rd-person plural	hvetja	hvǫttu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hvetja	hvetta
2nd-person singular	hvetir	hvettir
3rd-person singular	hveti	hvetti
1st-person plural	hvetim	hvettim
2nd-person plural	hvetið	hvettið
3rd-person plural	hveti	hvetti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hvet
1st-person plural	hvetjum
2nd-person plural	hvetið

Conjugation of hvetja — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	hvetjask
present participle	hvetjandisk
past participle	hvazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	hvetjumk	hvǫttumk
2nd-person singular	hvezk	hvattisk
3rd-person singular	hvezk	hvattisk
1st-person plural	hvetjumsk	hvǫttumsk
2nd-person plural	hvetizk	hvǫttuzk
3rd-person plural	hvetjask	hvǫttusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	hvetjumk	hvettumk
2nd-person singular	hvetisk	hvettisk
3rd-person singular	hvetisk	hvettisk
1st-person plural	hvetimsk	hvettimsk
2nd-person plural	hvetizk	hvettizk
3rd-person plural	hvetisk	hvettisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	hvezk
1st-person plural	hvetjumsk
2nd-person plural	hvetizk

Related terms

• hvatr
• hvessa

Descendants

• Icelandic: hvetja
• Faroese: hvøtja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kvetja, kvetje
• Old Swedish: hvætia

References

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