vrist

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Swedish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse rist (instep of the foot)

Noun[edit]

vrist c

  1. (anatomy) an ankle

Usage notes[edit]

  • Note that English wrist translates to handled (lit. "hand joint") in Swedish.

Declension[edit]

Declension of vrist 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vrist vristen vrister vristerna
Genitive vrists vristens vristers vristernas

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Yola[edit]

Adjective[edit]

vrist

  1. Alternative form of vursth
    • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:
      vrom, vresh, vroste, voote, vrist, vour
      [from, fresh, frost, foot, first, four]

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 134