kristna

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian.

Verb

kristna (third person singular past indicative kristnaði, third person plural past indicative kristnaðu, supine kristnað)

  1. (transitive) to Christianize
  2. (transitive) to christen, baptize

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-30)
infinitive
supine kristnað
present past
first singular kristni kristnaði
second singular kristnar kristnaði
third singular kristnar kristnaði
plural kristna kristnaðu
participle (a6)1 kristnandi kristnaður
imperative
singular kristna!
plural kristnið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

kristna

  1. inflection of kristne:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian. Akin to English christen.

Verb

kristna (present tense kristnar, past tense kristna, past participle kristna, passive infinitive kristnast, present participle kristnande, imperative kristna/kristn)

  1. (transitive) to Christianize
  2. (transitive) to christen
    Synonym: døype

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

  • knistra, knitras, skitnar, stinkar

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Borrowed or calqued from Old English cristnian.

Verb

kristna

  1. (transitive) to Christianize
  2. (transitive) to christen, baptize
Conjugation
Conjugation of kristna — active (weak class 2)
infinitive kristna
present participle kristnandi
past participle kristnaðr
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kristna kristnaða kristna kristnaða
2nd person singular kristnar kristnaðir kristnir kristnaðir
3rd person singular kristnar kristnaði kristni kristnaði
1st person plural kristnum kristnuðum kristnim kristnaðim
2nd person plural kristnið kristnuðuð kristnið kristnaðið
3rd person plural kristna kristnuðu kristni kristnaði
imperative present
2nd person singular kristna
1st person plural kristnum
2nd person plural kristnið
Conjugation of kristna — mediopassive (weak class 2)
infinitive kristnask
present participle kristnandisk
past participle kristnazk
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular kristnumk kristnuðumk kristnumk kristnuðumk
2nd person singular kristnask kristnaðisk kristnisk kristnaðisk
3rd person singular kristnask kristnaðisk kristnisk kristnaðisk
1st person plural kristnumsk kristnuðumsk kristnimsk kristnaðimsk
2nd person plural kristnizk kristnuðuzk kristnizk kristnaðizk
3rd person plural kristnask kristnuðusk kristnisk kristnaðisk
imperative present
2nd person singular kristnask
1st person plural kristnumsk
2nd person plural kristnizk
Descendants
  • Faroese: kristna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kristna, kristne (e- and split infinitives)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kristne
  • Jamtish: kirsne
  • Old Swedish: kristna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

kristna

  1. strong feminine accusative singular of kristinn
  2. strong masculine accusative plural of kristinn
  3. weak masculine accusative singular of kristinn
  4. weak masculine dative singular of kristinn
  5. weak masculine genitive singular of kristinn
  6. weak feminine nominative singular of kristinn
  7. weak neuter nominative singular of kristinn
  8. weak neuter accusative singular of kristinn
  9. weak neuter dative singular of kristinn
  10. weak neuter genitive singular of kristinn

Further reading

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

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian.

Verb

kristna

  1. (transitive) to Christianize
  2. (transitive) to christen, baptize

Conjugation

Conjugation of kristna (weak)
present past
infinitive kristna
participle kristnandi, -e kristnaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk kristnar kristni, -e kristnaþi, -e kristnaþi, -e
þū kristnar kristni, -e kristna kristnaþi, -e kristnaþi, -e
han kristnar kristni, -e kristnaþi, -e kristnaþi, -e
vīr kristnum, -om kristnum, -om kristnum, -om kristnaþum, -om kristnaþum, -om
īr kristnin kristnin kristnin kristnaþin kristnaþin
þēr kristna kristnin kristnaþu, -o kristnaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk kristnas kristnis, -es kristnaþis, -es kristnaþis, -es
þū kristnas kristnis, -es kristnaþis, -es kristnaþis, -es
han kristnas kristnis, -es kristnaþis, -es kristnaþis, -es
vīr kristnums, -oms kristnums, -oms kristnaþums, -oms kristnaþums, -oms
īr kristnins kristnins kristnaþins kristnaþins
þēr kristnas kristnins kristnaþus, -os kristnaþins

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish kristna or kristen +‎ -a

Adjective

kristna

  1. inflection of kristen:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Verb

kristna (present kristnar, preterite kristnade, supine kristnat, imperative kristna)

  1. to Christianize, to make (someone) convert to Christianity
  2. (solemn, with till (to) when of giving a name) to christen (baptize, name)
    Synonym: döpa
    Han kristnades till Bernt
    He was christened Bernt

Conjugation

Conjugation of kristna (weak)
active passive
infinitive kristna kristnas
supine kristnat kristnats
imperative kristna
imper. plural1 kristnen
present past present past
indicative kristnar kristnade kristnas kristnades
ind. plural1 kristna kristnade kristnas kristnades
subjunctive2 kristne kristnade kristnes kristnades
present participle kristnande
past participle kristnad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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