vist – Old Norse noun declension

Old Norse noun forms of vist

Noun: vist
Gender: f

Nominative

Sg. Indef.vist
Sg. Def.vistin
Pl. Indef.vistir
Pl. Def.vistirnar

Genitive

Sg. Indef.vistar
Sg. Def.vistarinnar
Pl. Indef.vista
Pl. Def.vistanna

Dative

Sg. Indef.vist
Sg. Def.vistinni
Pl. Indef.vistum
Pl. Def.vistunum

Accusative

Sg. Indef.vist
Sg. Def.vistina
Pl. Indef.vistir
Pl. Def.vistirnar

Sample Sentences

  • hann fór til vistar til Hlíðarenda (he went to stay at Hlíðarenda)
  • hann var vistum með fǫður sínum (he stayed with his father)
  • ønga vista þarf hann (he requires no food)
  • Hrapp þraut vistir í hafi (Hrapp ran short of provisions at sea)

Nouns inflected like vist

jórsalaferð, þjónkan, auralykt, ón, ásjón, þurft, deyfð, drótt, fjǫld, feigð, fylgð, grein, burst, hlust, hrygð, hvíld, hátíð, átt, ást, ætt, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wistiz (“food; stay”), from *wesaną (“to be”) + *-þiz and *wesaną (“to graze”) + *-þiz. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”) and Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to graze”) respectively.

Verbs referencing "vist"

Icelandic Nouns vist, Latin Nouns verna.

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