hnjósa

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hneusaną, whence also Old High German niosan (German niesen).

Verb

hnjósa (singular past indicative hnaus, plural past indicative hnusu, past participle hnosinn)

  1. to sneeze

Conjugation
Conjugation of hnjósa — active (strong class 2)
infinitive hnjósa
present participle hnjósandi
past participle hnosinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular hnýs hnaus
2nd-person singular hnýss hnaust
3rd-person singular hnýss hnaus
1st-person plural hnjósum hnusum
2nd-person plural hnjósið hnusuð
3rd-person plural hnjósa hnusu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hnjósa hnysa
2nd-person singular hnjósir hnysir
3rd-person singular hnjósi hnysi
1st-person plural hnjósim hnysim
2nd-person plural hnjósið hnysið
3rd-person plural hnjósi hnysi
imperative present
2nd-person singular hnjós
1st-person plural hnjósum
2nd-person plural hnjósið
Conjugation of hnjósa — mediopassive (strong class 2)
infinitive hnjósask
present participle hnjósandisk
past participle hnosizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular hnjósumk hnusumk
2nd-person singular hnýsk hnausk
3rd-person singular hnýsk hnausk
1st-person plural hnjósumsk hnusumsk
2nd-person plural hnjósizk hnusuzk
3rd-person plural hnjósask hnususk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular hnjósumk hnysumk
2nd-person singular hnjósisk hnysisk
3rd-person singular hnjósisk hnysisk
1st-person plural hnjósimsk hnysimsk
2nd-person plural hnjósizk hnysizk
3rd-person plural hnjósisk hnysisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular hnjósk
1st-person plural hnjósumsk
2nd-person plural hnjósizk
  • fnjósa, whence fnysa, fnyse

Descendants
  • Danish: nyse (Old Danish nysæ, niusæ)
  • Faroese: njósa
  • Icelandic: hnjósa (obsolete), hnerra
  • Norwegian: nyse (Bokmål), nyse (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: nysa, njusa (dialectal) (Old Swedish niusa)

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