freista

Inherited from Old Norse freista.

freista (third person singular past indicative freistaði, third person plural past indicative freistaðu, supine freistað)

1. to tempt, entice, lure
2. to try, attempt
3. to experience (great hardships), undergo, suffer, endure
4. to put off (a marriage, a payment); postpone, defer (a matter for a week)

• tøla, lokka

• freistandi
• freistardagur
• freistari

From Old Norse freista.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfreista/
• Rhymes: -eista

freista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative freistaði, supine freistað)

1. to attempt, to try [with genitive]

   Synonyms: reyna, gera tilraun til

   Allir krakkarnir freistuðu þess að hoppa yfir ána.

   All the kids attempted to jump over the river.

2. to tempt [with genitive]

   Synonyms: tæla, lokka

   Ekki freista mín með súkkulaði!

   Don't tempt me with chocolate!

• freiste

From Old Norse freista.

• IPA^(key): /²frɛɪːsta/

freista (present tense freistar, past tense freista, past participle freista, passive infinitive freistast, present participle freistande, imperative freista/freist)

1. to tempt
2. to try, attempt

• (try) forsøkja
• (try) prøva

• røyna

• “freista” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *fraistōną. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

freista (singular past indicative freistaði, plural past indicative freistuðu, past participle freistaðr)

1. to tempt, test [with genitive]
   1. to test someone’s wisdom, character

• Icelandic: freista
• Norwegian Bokmål: friste
• Norwegian Nynorsk: freista
• Swedish: fresta

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “freista”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press