Crist

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Apparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or alternatively a pet form of the personal names Christian or Christopher.

Crist (plural Crists)

1. A surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crist is the 3401^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10518 individuals. Crist is most common among White (93.74%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)

Crist m

1. Christ

• Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ
• Crest (in compound)

From Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

• IPA^(key): /kriːst/, /krist/

Crist

1. (Jesus) Christ
   • c. 1250, Lofsong Louerde:

     Ich liuie, nout ich, auh crist liueð in me

     I don't live, but Christ lives in me.

   • c. 1325, Harrowing of Hell, lines 241–245:

     louerd, for þi muchele grace / graunt vs in heouene one place; / Let vs neuer be forloren / for no sinne, crist ycoren / ah bring vs out of helle pyne […]

     Lord, for your great grace / give us a place in heaven; / Don't let us ever be lost / to any sin, chosen Christ, / but bring us out of Hell's torment.

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:1, page 117rre, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     Apocalips of iheſu criſt · which · god ȝaf to hym to make open to hiſe ſeruauntis .· whiche þingis it bihoueþ to be maad ſoone / ⁊ he ſignefiede ſending bi his aungel to his ſeruaunt ioon

     The apocalypse of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to make clear to his servants what will necessarily happen soon. And he gave notice, sending through his angel to John, his servant.

2. messiah, saviour

• English: Christ
• Scots: Christ
• Yola: Cresst

• “Crīst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

• Krist
• ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ — Ruthwell Cross

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, the Messiah”, literally “the anointed one”), from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).

• IPA^(key): /krist/

Crist m

1. Christ
   • c. 800, Ruthwell Cross:

     ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏᚹᚫᛋᚩᚾᚱᚩᛞᛁᚻᚹᛖᚦᚱᚫᚦᛖᚱᚠᚢᛋᚫᚠᛠᚱᚱᚪᚾᛣᚹᚩᛗᚢᚫᚦᚦᛁᛚᚫᛏᛁᛚᚪᚾᚢᛗ

     Krist wæs on rōdi, hweþræ þēr fūsæ fearran kwōmu æþþilæ til ānum.

     Christ was on the cross, yet there in haste from afar came noble men unto him.

• Cristes mæsse
• Cristesmæsse

• Middle English: Crist, Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ, Crest (in compound)
  • English: Christ
  • Scots: Christ
  • Yola: Cresst

• Dryhten
• God
• Hǣlend

Crist m

1. Alternative spelling of Críst

From Ecclesiastical Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a semantic loan of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːst/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krɪst/

Crist m

1. Christ

• Iesu Grist