rísta

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See also: rista

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear”), which would make it closely related to rífa (“to tear, rip”), Proto-Germanic *rippōną (“to tear off”), etc. Compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *rayš- (“to be hurt, injured”).

Verb

rísta (singular past indicative reist, plural past indicative ristu, past participle ristinn)

  1. to cut, slash
  2. to cut open
  3. to cut, carve, (en)grave on something
  4. to carve, form by carving

Conjugation

Conjugation of rísta — active (strong class 1)
infinitive rísta
present participle rístandi
past participle ristinn
indicative present past
1st-person singular ríst reist
2nd-person singular rístr reiszt
3rd-person singular rístr reist
1st-person plural rístum ristum
2nd-person plural rístið ristuð
3rd-person plural rísta ristu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rísta rista
2nd-person singular rístir ristir
3rd-person singular rísti risti
1st-person plural rístim ristim
2nd-person plural rístið ristið
3rd-person plural rísti risti
imperative present
2nd-person singular ríst
1st-person plural rístum
2nd-person plural rístið
Conjugation of rísta — mediopassive (strong class 1)
infinitive rístask
present participle rístandisk
past participle ristizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular rístumk ristumk
2nd-person singular ríszk reisk
3rd-person singular ríszk reisk
1st-person plural rístumsk ristumsk
2nd-person plural rístizk ristuzk
3rd-person plural rístask ristusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular rístumk ristumk
2nd-person singular rístisk ristisk
3rd-person singular rístisk ristisk
1st-person plural rístimsk ristimsk
2nd-person plural rístizk ristizk
3rd-person plural rístisk ristisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular ríszk
1st-person plural rístumsk
2nd-person plural rístizk

Descendants

  • Icelandic: rista
  • Faroese: riste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: riste
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rista, riste
  • Old Swedish: rista
  • Old Danish: rijstæ

References

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