kjósa

From Old Norse kjósa, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʰɔuːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɔuːsa

kjósa (third person singular past indicative keys, third person plural past indicative kusu, supine kosið)

1. to choose

• kjøra
• greiða atkvøðu
• velja

From Old Norse kjósa, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈcʰouːsa/
• Rhymes: -ouːsa

kjósa (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative kaus, third-person plural past indicative kusu, supine kosið)

1. to vote [intransitive or with accusative ‘for someone’]

   Synonym: greiða atkvæði

   Ég kaus þann sem tapaði.

   I voted for the one who lost.

2. to elect
3. to choose, to select

   Synonym: velja

4. to prefer

Note: Remnants of earlier forms still exist: past kjöri (occasional modern use), past plural kuru or kjöru (now obsolete), past participle kjörinn (fairly common).

• kjör
• kosning
• valkyrja, “slain-chooser”, valkyrie

From Proto-Germanic *keusaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

Compare Old English ċēosan (English choose), Old Frisian kiāsa (West Frisian kieze), Old Saxon kiosan (Low German kesen), Dutch kiezen, Old High German kiosan, chiosan (German kiesen), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (kiusan).

kjósa

1. (transitive) to choose
2. to desire, wish
3. to elect

   kjósa biskup

   to elect a bishop

4. (with prepositions) to select

Alternatively, in the Old Icelandic dialect, this verb can receive a weak inflection pattern in its past tenses. See also frjósa for this.

• kjǫr n, kør n (“choice, decision, election”)

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kjósa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive