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) to sharpen, whet (a blade, etc.) [with accusative] to encourage [with accusative] to catalyze; (to bring about the catalysis of a chemical reaction) [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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) to whet [with accusative] to encourage [with accusative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== hvatr hvessa ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hvetja Faroese: hvøtja Norwegian Nynorsk: kvetja, kvetje Old Swedish: hvætia === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hvetja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive