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See also: tyrsta

Icelandic

Etymology

From þyrstur +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Verb

þyrsta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative þyrsti, supine þyrst)

  1. (impersonal) to thirst, to be thirsty
    Mig þyrstir.
    I am thirsty.

Derived terms

  • þyrsta í (“to long for something, to be thirsty for something”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurstiz.

Adjective

þyrsta

  1. accusative singular feminine indefinite of þyrstr
  2. accusative plural masculine indefinite of þyrstr
  3. oblique singular masculine definite of þyrstr
  4. singular neuter definite of þyrstr

Verb

þyrsta (singular past indicative þyrsti, plural past indicative þyrstu, past participle þyrstr)

  1. (impersonal, transitive with accusative) to thirst, be thirsty
    mik þyrstir ― I am thirsty

Conjugation

Conjugation of þyrsta — impersonal, active (weak class 1)
infinitive þyrsta
past participle þyrstr
indicative present past
3rd-person singular þyrstir þyrsti
subjunctive present past
3rd-person singular þyrsti þyrsti

Descendants

  • Icelandic: þyrsta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyrsta, tyrste, tørsta, tørste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tørste

References

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