vaxa

See also: växa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaxsa/
    Rhymes: -axsa

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vaxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Verb

vaxa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative óx, third-person plural past indicative uxu, supine vaxið)

  1. to grow
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From the noun vax (wax).

Verb

vaxa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vaxaði, supine vaxað)

  1. to wax (apply wax to)
Conjugation

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (to increase, enlarge).

Verb

vaxa (singular past indicative óx, plural past indicative óxu, past participle vax)

  1. to grow, increase

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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

Swedish

Verb

vaxa (present vaxar, preterite vaxade, supine vaxat, imperative vaxa)

  1. to wax, to apply wax to something, usually to make the surface shiny
  2. to wax, to remove hair by applying wax

Conjugation

  • vaxning
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