hvísla

See also: hvisla

Icelandic

Etymology

Related to Danish hvisle, Swedish vissla, Old English hwīslan (English whistle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰvistla]
  • IPA(key): [ˈxʷistla]
    Rhymes: -istla

Verb

hvísla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hvíslaði, supine hvíslað)

  1. to whisper

Conjugation

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwistlōną (to whistle, hiss), whence also English whistle.

Verb

hvísla

  1. to whisper
    Synonym: hvískra

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: hvísla
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvisle
    • Norwegian Bokmål: kvisle
  • Swedish: vissla
  • Scanian: hvysla

Noun

hvísla f (genitive hvíslu)

  1. whisper
    Synonyms: hvískr, hvísl

References

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