frälsa

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish frælsa‚ from Old Norse frelsa. Compare Icelandic frelsa and frjáls.

Verb

frälsa (present frälser, preterite frälste, supine frälst, imperative fräls)

1. to save, to salvage (primarily in the Christian sense)

Conjugation

Conjugation of frälsa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	frälsa		frälsas
supine	frälst		frälsts
imperative	fräls		—
imper. plural1	frälsen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	frälser	frälste	frälses	frälstes
ind. plural1	frälsa	frälste	frälsas	frälstes
subjunctive2	frälse	frälste	frälses	frälstes
present participle		frälsande
past participle		frälst

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• frälsare
• frälsarkrans
• frälsning
• frälst
• nyfrälst

References

• frälsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• frälsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• frälsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)