Rist
Old Norse Dictionary - ristMeaning of Old Norse word "rist" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
rist Old Norse word can mean:
- rist
- f., pl. ristr, mod. ristir, for the ristr in Pass. 33. 4 is poët.; older form vrist; [Engl. wrist, used only of the hand; Dan. vrist; the word is derived from (v)ríða, Engl. writhe; Scot. reist; cp. also Engl. wrest, wrestle, which are kindred words]:—the instep of the foot, ÞiðR. 86; gegnum búðar ristrnar, Fms. v. 347; þá sté hann fætinum á aðra ristina, vii. 13; horfa fætrnir ok ristrnar á bak aptr, Stj. 94; il ok rist, 160; sull hafði hann á fæti niðri á ristinni, Ísl. ii. 218; troðnir í sundr tvennir skór … upp vóru hinir á ristum, Skíða R. 193.
- rist
- COMPDS: ristarbein, ristarliðR.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛁᛋᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- R.
- Rimur.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)