Nominal Forms
Infinitive:
rita
Past Participle:
ritaður
Present participle:
ritandi
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| eg | riti |
| tú | ritar |
| hann | ritar |
| vit | rita |
| tit | rita |
| teir | rita |
Past
| eg | ritaði |
| tú | ritaði |
| hann | ritaði |
| vit | ritaðu |
| tit | ritaðu |
| teir | ritaðu |
Pluperfect
Preterite
Preterite Perfect
Future
Future Perfect
Verbs conjugated like rita
batna,
byrja,
eggja,
elska,
fjóna,
fríggja,
herja,
kalla,
kasta,
kólna,
mjølva,
slitna,
svara,
vakna,
Etymology
From Old Norse ríta, rita, from Proto-Germanic *wrītaną (“to carve, write”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey- (“to rip, tear”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*wrītaną'.
Translations
write, to form letters, etc.