vrist

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse rist (“instep of the foot”)

Noun

vrist c

1. (anatomy) an ankle

Usage notes

• Note that English wrist translates to handled (lit. "hand joint") in Swedish.

Declension

Declension of vrist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vrist	vristen	vrister	vristerna
Genitive	vrists	vristens	vristers	vristernas

Synonyms

• ankel
• fotled

Related terms

• vristben
• vristlänk
• vristrem
• vristskada
• vristspark
• vristvärmare

See also

• fotknöl (“malleolus”)

References

• vrist in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vrist in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vrist in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• trivs

Yola

Adjective

vrist

1. Alternative form of vursth
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     vrom, vresh, vroste, voote, vrist, vour

     [from, fresh, frost, foot, first, four]

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 134