Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian.

Verb

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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

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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kristna

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed or calqued from Old English cristnian.

Verb

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kristna

  1. (transitive) to Christianize
  2. (transitive) to christen, baptize
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Faroese: kristna
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kristna, kristne (e- and split infinitives)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kristne
  • Jamtish: kirsne
  • Old Swedish: kristna

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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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

References

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  • kristna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian.

Verb

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kristna

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

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Swedish kristna or kristen +‎ -a

Adjective

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kristna

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

Verb

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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

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