ríta

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚹᚱᚨᛁᛏᚨ (wraita) (1st singular past indicative), ᚹᚨᚱᛡᛁᛏ (warᴀit) (3rd singular past indicative), ᚹᚨᚱᛁᛏᚢ (waritu) (1st singular present indicative), from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyd-. Cognate with Old English wrītan (English write), Old Saxon wrītan (Low German rieten), Old High German rīzan (German reißen).

Verb

ríta (present indicative rítr, past indicative singular reit, past indicative plural ritu, past participle ritinn)

  1. to write
  2. to carve
    Synonym: rísta

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: rita
  • Faroese: rita