Crist

See also: Críst

English

Etymology

Apparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or alternatively a pet form of the personal names Christian or Christopher.

Proper noun

Crist (plural Crists)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crist is the 3401^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10518 individuals. Crist is most common among White (93.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɾist]

Proper noun

Crist m

1. Christ

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ
• Crest (in compound)

Etymology

From Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriːst/, /krist/

Proper noun

Crist

1. (Jesus) Christ
   • c. 1250, Lofsong Louerde:

     Ich liuie, nout ich, auh crist liueð in me

     I don't live, but Christ lives in me.

   • c. 1325, Harrowing of Hell, lines 241–245:

     louerd, for þi muchele grace / graunt vs in heouene one place; / Let vs neuer be forloren / for no sinne, crist ycoren / ah bring vs out of helle pyne […]

     Lord, for your great grace / give us a place in heaven; / Don't let us ever be lost / to any sin, chosen Christ, / but bring us out of Hell's torment. […]

   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:1, page 117rre, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     Apocalips of iheſu criſt · which · god ȝaf to hym to make open to hiſe ſeruauntis .· whiche þingis it bihoueþ to be maad ſoone / ⁊ he ſignefiede ſending bi his aungel to his ſeruaunt ioon

     The apocalypse of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to make clear to his servants what will necessarily happen soon. And he gave notice, sending [it] through his angel to John, his servant.

2. messiah, saviour

Related terms

• Antecrist
• Cristemasse
• Cristen
• cristenen
• Cristien

 

Descendants

• English: Christ
• Scots: Christ
• Yola: Cresst

References

• “Crīst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Old English

Alternative forms

• Krist
• ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏ — Ruthwell Cross

Etymology

From Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, the Messiah”, literally “the anointed one”), from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krist/

Noun

Crist m

1. Christ
   • c. 800, Ruthwell Cross:

     ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏᚹᚫᛋᚩᚾᚱᚩᛞᛁᚻᚹᛖᚦᚱᚫᚦᛖᚱᚠᚢᛋᚫᚠᛠᚱᚱᚪᚾᛣᚹᚩᛗᚢᚫᚦᚦᛁᛚᚫᛏᛁᛚᚪᚾᚢᛗ

     Krist wæs on rōdi, hweþræ þēr fūsæ fearran kwōmu æþþilæ til ānum.

     Christ was on the cross, yet there in haste from afar came noble men unto him.

Declension

Declension of Crist (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	Crist	—
accusative	Crist	—
genitive	Cristes	—
dative	Criste	—

Derived terms

• Cristes mæsse
• Cristesmæsse

Descendants

• Middle English: Crist, Cryst, Criste, Cryste, Kryst, Christ; Crest
  • English: Christ
  • Scots: Christ
  • Yola: Cresst

See also

• Dryhten
• God
• Hǣlend

Old Irish

Proper noun

Crist m

1. Alternative spelling of Críst

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
Crist	Christ	Crist pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Welsh

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a semantic loan of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːst/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /krɪst/

Proper noun

Crist m

1. Christ

Derived terms

• Iesu Grist

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Crist	Grist	Nghrist	Christ
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.