hvass

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hvass, from Proto-Germanic *hwassaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xʷasː/ IPA(key): /kʰvasː/ Rhymes: -asː === Adjective === hvass (comparative hvassari, superlative hvassastur) sharp (of a knife, etc.) harsh (in manner, tone, etc.) keen (of eyesight) windy ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== hvasshyrndur hvassleiki hvessa == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hwassaz. === Adjective === hvass sharp, keen fig, of the intellect sharp, acute ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hvass Faroese: hvassur Norwegian Nynorsk: kvass → Norwegian Bokmål: kvass Old Swedish: hvasSwedish: vass, (pre-1906 spelling) hvass Danish: hvas Norwegian Bokmål: hvass === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvass”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Swedish == === Adjective === hvass obsolete spelling of vass