lystra

See also: Lystra

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

lystret

Verb

lystra

inflection of lystre:
1. simple past
2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²lʏs.trɑ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German lusteren.

Verb

lystra (present tense lystrar, past tense lystra, past participle lystra, passive infinitive lystrast, present participle lystrande, imperative lystra/lystr)

to obey

Etymology 2

From the noun lyster f. Attested by Jacob Nicolai Wilse in 1780 in his Spydeberg dialect dictionary.

Alternative forms

lystre (e-infinitive)
ljostra (non-standard since 1938)

Verb

lystra (present tense lystrar, past tense lystra, past participle lystra, passive infinitive lystrast, present participle lystrande, imperative lystra/lystr)

(transitive, intransitive, fishing) to leister

References

“lystra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

lystra (present lystrar, preterite lystrade, supine lystrat, imperative lystra)

to notice and heed or respond (to a signal or command or the like)
få hunden att lystra till sitt namn
get the dog to respond to its name

De lystrar till hans befallningar
They obey his orders
(idiomatic, in "lystra till namnet <name>") to be called, to have as one's name
Synonym: heta

Hon lystrar till namnet Britt-Marie
Her name is Britt-Marie

Conjugation

Conjugation of lystra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	lystra		lystras
Supine	lystrat		lystrats
Imperative	lystra		—
Imper. plural¹	lystren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	lystrar	lystrade	lystras	lystrades
Ind. plural¹	lystra	lystrade	lystras	lystrades
Subjunctive²	lystre	lystrade	lystres	lystrades
	Participles
Present participle	lystrande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

lystring

References