See also: rísta, ristà, and rista'

Faroese

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse hrista

Verb

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rista (third person singular past indicative risti, third person plural past indicative ristu, supine rist)

  1. to shake

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse rísta

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rista (third person singular past indicative risti, third person plural past indicative ristu, supine rist)

  1. to scratch, to cut

Etymology 3

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From the original meaning "roast, "grill, "grate," from Old Norse rist, from Middle Low German rōsten, from Old Saxon *rōstian, from Proto-West Germanic *raustijan, similar to Danish rist.

Verb

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rista (third person singular past indicative ristaði, third person plural past indicative ristaðu, supine ristað)

  1. to toast (bread)
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Conjugation of rista (group v-30)
infinitive rista
supine ristað
participle (a6)1 ristandi ristaður
present past
first singular risti ristaði
second singular ristar ristaði
third singular ristar ristaði
plural rista ristaðu
imperative
singular rista!
plural ristið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse rísta

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rista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative risti, supine rist)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to cut, to carve
  2. (intransitive, of a ship) to draw
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Noun

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rista f (genitive singular ristu, nominative plural ristur)

  1. cut, slit
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    Declension of rista
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rista ristan ristur risturnar
accusative ristu ristuna ristur risturnar
dative ristu ristunni ristum ristunum
genitive ristu ristunnar rista ristanna

Etymology 2

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rista (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ristaði, supine ristað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to toast
    ristað brauðtoasted bread
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Italian

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rista

  1. second-person singular imperative of ristare

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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rista

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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rista (present tense ristar or rister, past tense rista or riste, past participle rista or rist, present participle ristande, imperative rist)

  1. Alternative form of riste

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Swedish rista. Cognate of Icelandic rista. Doublet of rita.

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rista (present ristar, preterite ristade, supine ristat, imperative rista)

  1. carve, cut, scratch with a sharp tool.
    rista (in) runor i sten
    carve runes in(to) stone
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Norse hrista, from Proto-Germanic *hristijaną. Cognate of Icelandic hrista.

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rista (present rister, preterite riste, supine rist, imperative rist)

  1. to shake
    Synonym: skaka
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Somewhat literary or poetic.

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