rįesa

See also: riesa and Riesa

Elfdalian

Etymology 1

From Swedish resa, from Middle Low German reisen. The nasality is probably by analogy with rįesa (“cleanse”).

Verb

rįesa

1. to travel

Inflection

Conjugation of rįesa — active

infinitive	rįesa
present participle	rįesend
supine	rįest
indicative	present	past
1st singular	rįeser	rįeste
2nd singular	rįeser	rįeste
3rd singular	rįeser	rįeste
1st plural	rįesum	rįestum
2nd plural	rįesið	rįestið
3rd plural	rįesa	rįeste
imperative	present
2nd singular	rįese
1st plural	rįesum
2nd plural	rįesið

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb

rįesa

1. to wash, to cleanse

Inflection

Conjugation of rįesa — active

infinitive	rįesa
present participle	rįesend
supine	rįest
indicative	present	past
1st singular	rįeser	rįeste
2nd singular	rįeser	rįeste
3rd singular	rįeser	rįeste
1st plural	rįesum	rįestum
2nd plural	rįesið	rįestið
3rd plural	rįesa	rįeste
imperative	present
2nd singular	rįese
1st plural	rįesum
2nd plural	rįesið

References

• Steensland, Lars (2011) “Parasitisk (oetymologisk) nasalisering i älvdalskan”, in Oðer råðstemną um övdalskų‎^[1], pages 116–126