rísta

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 subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular ríst reist rísta rista
2nd person singular rístr reiszt rístir ristir
3rd person singular rístr reist rísti risti
1st person plural rístum ristum rístim ristim
2nd person plural rístið ristuð rístið ristið
3rd person plural rísta ristu 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 subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular rístumk ristumk rístumk ristumk
2nd person singular ríszk reisk rístisk ristisk
3rd person singular ríszk reisk rístisk ristisk
1st person plural rístumsk ristumsk rístimsk ristimsk
2nd person plural rístizk ristuzk rístizk ristizk
3rd person plural rístask ristusk rístisk ristisk
imperative present
2nd person singular ríszk
1st person plural rístumsk
2nd person plural rístizk

Descendants

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

Further reading