Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From the verb hrista (to shake) + -st (a suffix which turns verbs into middle voice verbs). See also the appendix about the Icelandic middle voice verbs.

Verb edit

hristast

  1. to shake, to tremble, to quake
    Ég reyndi að sofna en flugvélin hristist svo mikið.
    I tried to sleep but the plane trembled so much.

See also edit