"hvæsa" meaning in Old Norse

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Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *hwēsijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Cognate with English quarrel, Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*hwēsijaną}} Proto-Germanic *hwēsijaną, {{der|non|ine-pro|*ḱwes-|}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-, {{cog|la|queror}} Latin queror, {{cog|sa|श्वास|tr=śvāsá}} Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá), {{cog|en|quarrel}} English quarrel, {{cog|ps|ساه||breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence|tr=sāh}} Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), {{cog|bal|ساہ||breath, blow, essence|tr=sáh}} Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”) Head templates: {{head|non|verb||{{{1}}}||{{{spast2}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{ppast2}}}||{{{ppast3}}}||{{{3}}}||{{{pp2}}}|head=|tr=}} hvæsa, {{non-verb}} hvæsa
  1. to hiss
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "hvæsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hvæsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: hvæsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "hvæsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: hvæsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: hvæsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "kvæsa",
            "3": "kvesa",
            "4": ";",
            "5": "gvæse<q:dialectal>",
            "6": "væse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kvæsa, kvesa; (dialectal) gvæse, væse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kvæsa, kvesa; (dialectal) gvæse, væse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "węsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: węsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: węsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "väsa",
            "3": "hväsa<q:older>"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: väsa, (older) hväsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: väsa, (older) hväsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "hvæse"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: hvæse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: hvæse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "hvese"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: hvese",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: hvese"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "whesen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: whesen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: whesen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wheeze"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wheeze",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wheeze"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*hwēsijaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hwēsijaną",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱwes-",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "queror"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin queror",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "श्वास",
        "tr": "śvāsá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "quarrel"
      },
      "expansion": "English quarrel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "ساه",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence",
        "tr": "sāh"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "ساہ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breath, blow, essence",
        "tr": "sáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwēsijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Cognate with English quarrel, Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "10": "{{{ppast2}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{ppast3}}}",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pp2}}}",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{1}}}",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{spast2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{2}}}",
        "9": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "hvæsa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hvæsa",
      "name": "non-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hiss"
      ],
      "id": "en-hvæsa-non-verb-wg4uJFda",
      "links": [
        [
          "hiss",
          "hiss"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "is",
            "2": "hvæsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: hvæsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: hvæsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "hvæsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: hvæsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: hvæsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "kvæsa",
            "3": "kvesa",
            "4": ";",
            "5": "gvæse<q:dialectal>",
            "6": "væse"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kvæsa, kvesa; (dialectal) gvæse, væse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: kvæsa, kvesa; (dialectal) gvæse, væse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ovd",
            "2": "węsa"
          },
          "expansion": "Elfdalian: węsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Elfdalian: węsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "väsa",
            "3": "hväsa<q:older>"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: väsa, (older) hväsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: väsa, (older) hväsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "hvæse"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: hvæse",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: hvæse"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "hvese"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål: hvese",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Bokmål: hvese"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "whesen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: whesen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: whesen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "wheeze"
          },
          "expansion": "English: wheeze",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: wheeze"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱwes-",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "queror"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin queror",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "श्वास",
        "tr": "śvāsá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "quarrel"
      },
      "expansion": "English quarrel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "ساه",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence",
        "tr": "sāh"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bal",
        "2": "ساہ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "breath, blow, essence",
        "tr": "sáh"
      },
      "expansion": "Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *hwēsijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwes-. Related to Latin queror, Sanskrit श्वास (śvāsá). Cognate with English quarrel, Pashto ساه (sāh, “breath, blow, puff, soul, spirit, essence”), Baluchi ساہ (sáh, “breath, blow, essence”).",
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        "1": "non",
        "10": "{{{ppast2}}}",
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        "14": "{{{3}}}",
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        "3": "",
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        "7": "",
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        "head": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "hvæsa",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hvæsa",
      "name": "non-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
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        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hiss"
      ],
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        [
          "hiss",
          "hiss"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hvæsa"
}

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