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hvetja

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Descendants

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

References

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