hasla

See also: hasła

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦasla]

Participle

hasla

1. inflection of hasnout:
   1. feminine singular past active participle
   2. neuter plural past active participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• hasle (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Old Norse hasla.

Verb

hasla (present tense haslar, past tense hasla, past participle hasla, passive infinitive haslast, present participle haslande, imperative hasla/hasl)

1. (historical) to mark the limits of a fighting area by use of hazel staves

References

• “hasla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• halas, halsa

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hasla f (genitive hǫslu)

1. a pole or stake made of hazelwood

Declension

Declension of hasla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hasla	haslan	hǫslur	hǫslurnar
accusative	hǫslu	hǫsluna	hǫslur	hǫslurnar
dative	hǫslu	hǫslunni	hǫslum	hǫslunum
genitive	hǫslu	hǫslunnar	hasla	haslanna

Verb

hasla

1. to mark out by hazelwood poles
2. to challenge to a pitched battle or duel

Usage notes

• Sense two comes from sense one since the duel would traditionally take place in an enclosure demarcated with stakes or poles made of hazelwood.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hasla — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	hasla
present participle	haslandi
past participle	haslaðr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hasla	haslaða		hasla	haslaða
2nd person singular	haslar	haslaðir		haslir	haslaðir
3rd person singular	haslar	haslaði		hasli	haslaði
1st person plural	hǫslum	hǫsluðum		haslim	haslaðim
2nd person plural	haslið	hǫsluðuð		haslið	haslaðið
3rd person plural	hasla	hǫsluðu		hasli	haslaði
imperative	present
2nd person singular	hasla
1st person plural	hǫslum
2nd person plural	haslið

Conjugation of hasla — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	haslask
present participle	haslandisk
past participle	haslazk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	hǫslumk	hǫsluðumk		hǫslumk	hǫsluðumk
2nd person singular	haslask	haslaðisk		haslisk	haslaðisk
3rd person singular	haslask	haslaðisk		haslisk	haslaðisk
1st person plural	hǫslumsk	hǫsluðumsk		haslimsk	haslaðimsk
2nd person plural	haslizk	hǫsluðuzk		haslizk	haslaðizk
3rd person plural	haslask	hǫsluðusk		haslisk	haslaðisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	haslask
1st person plural	hǫslumsk
2nd person plural	haslizk

Descendants

• → Norwegian Nynorsk: hasla, hasle (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology 2

Noun

hasla

1. genitive plural indefinite of hasl m

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hasla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive