reisa

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɹaiːsa]

Etymology 1

From late Old Norse reisa, from Middle Low German reise.

Noun

reisa f (genitive singular reisu, plural reisur)

1. journey
2. time, times

Declension

Declension of reisa
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	reisa	reisan	reisur	reisurnar
accusative	reisu	reisuna	reisur	reisurnar
dative	reisu	reisuni	reisum	reisunum
genitive	reisu	reisunnar	reisa	reisanna

Synonyms

• (journey): ferð
• (time, times): reis, sinn

Etymology 2

A merger of ríse, from Old Norse rísa (“rise”) and Old Norse reisa (“raise”). In the sense "go, travel" from Middle Low German reisen.

Verb

reisa (third person singular past indicative reisti, third person plural past indicative reist, supine reist)

1. to raise, to lever, to lift
2. to build
3. to begin
4. (colloquial) to travel

Conjugation

Conjugation of reisa (group v-2)
infinitive	reisa
supine	reist
participle (a39)1	reisandi	reistur
	present	past
first singular	reisi	reisti
second singular	reisir	reisti
third singular	reisir	reisti
plural	reisa	reistu
	imperative
singular	reis!
plural	reisið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

• (to lift): fáa at rísa, hevja, lyfta
• (to build): gera (smíða, laða, ...)
• (to begin): byrja
• (to travel): ferðast

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreiːsa/
• Rhymes: -eiːsa

Verb

reisa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative reisti, supine reist)

1. (transitive) to build [with accusative]

   það á að reisa nýjan skóla

   a new school is to be built

2. (transitive) to lift [with accusative]

   ég gat ekki reist höfuðið frá koddanum

   I couldn't lift my head from the pillow

Conjugation

reisa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að reisa
supine (sagnbót)		reist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		reisandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég reisi	við reisum	present (nútíð)	ég reisi	við reisum
	þú reisir	þið reisið		þú reisir	þið reisið
	hann, hún, það reisir	þeir, þær, þau reisa		hann, hún, það reisi	þeir, þær, þau reisi
past (þátíð)	ég reisti	við reistum	past (þátíð)	ég reisti	við reistum
	þú reistir	þið reistuð		þú reistir	þið reistuð
	hann, hún, það reisti	þeir, þær, þau reistu		hann, hún, það reisti	þeir, þær, þau reistu
imperative (boðháttur)	reis (þú)	reisið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	reistu	reisiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

reisast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að reisast
supine (sagnbót)		reist
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		reisandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég reisist	við reisumst	present (nútíð)	ég reisist	við reisumst
	þú reisist	þið reisist		þú reisist	þið reisist
	hann, hún, það reisist	þeir, þær, þau reisast		hann, hún, það reisist	þeir, þær, þau reisist
past (þátíð)	ég reistist	við reistumst	past (þátíð)	ég reistist	við reistumst
	þú reistist	þið reistust		þú reistist	þið reistust
	hann, hún, það reistist	þeir, þær, þau reistust		hann, hún, það reistist	þeir, þær, þau reistust
imperative (boðháttur)	reist (þú)	reisist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	reistu	reisisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

reistur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	reistur	reist	reist		reistir	reistar	reist
accusative (þolfall)	reistan	reista	reist		reista	reistar	reist
dative (þágufall)	reistum	reistri	reistu		reistum	reistum	reistum
genitive (eignarfall)	reists	reistrar	reists		reistra	reistra	reistra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	reisti	reista	reista		reistu	reistu	reistu
accusative (þolfall)	reista	reistu	reista		reistu	reistu	reistu
dative (þágufall)	reista	reistu	reista		reistu	reistu	reistu
genitive (eignarfall)	reista	reistu	reista		reistu	reistu	reistu

References

• “reisa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• reisen

Noun

reisa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of reise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

reisa f

1. definite singular of reise

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German reisen.

Verb

reisa (present tense reiser, past tense reiste, past participle reist, passive infinitive reisast, present participle reisande, imperative reis)

1. to travel
2. to trip (on drugs)

Derived terms

• bortreist
• reisevant
• reising

Etymology 3

From Old Norse reisa, causative of rísa.

Verb

reisa (inflections same as above)

1. to raise, erect

Derived terms

• gjenreisa
• hårreisande
• oppreist
• reisved
• reisverk
• reisverkhus

References

• “reisa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

Earliest attested in Proto-Norse ᚱᛡᛁᛋᛁᛞᛟ (rᴀisido /⁠raisidō⁠/) (1st singular past indicative), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative of *rīsaną (rísa). See raise for more.

Verb

reisa

1. to raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of reisa — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	reisa
present participle	reisandi
past participle	reistr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	reisi	reista
2nd-person singular	reisir	reistir
3rd-person singular	reisir	reisti
1st-person plural	reisum	reistum
2nd-person plural	reisið	reistuð
3rd-person plural	reisa	reistu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	reisa	reista
2nd-person singular	reisir	reistir
3rd-person singular	reisi	reisti
1st-person plural	reisim	reistim
2nd-person plural	reisið	reistið
3rd-person plural	reisi	reisti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	reis, reisi
1st-person plural	reisum
2nd-person plural	reisið

Conjugation of reisa — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	reisask
present participle	reisandisk
past participle	reiszk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	reisumk	reistumk
2nd-person singular	reisisk	reistisk
3rd-person singular	reisisk	reistisk
1st-person plural	reisumsk	reistumsk
2nd-person plural	reisizk	reistuzk
3rd-person plural	reisask	reistusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	reisumk	reistumk
2nd-person singular	reisisk	reistisk
3rd-person singular	reisisk	reistisk
1st-person plural	reisimsk	reistimsk
2nd-person plural	reisizk	reistizk
3rd-person plural	reisisk	reistisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	reissk, reisisk
1st-person plural	reisumsk
2nd-person plural	reisizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: reisa
• Faroese: reisa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: reisa
• Old Swedish: rēsa
  • Swedish: resa
• Danish: rejse
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reise
• → Middle English: reisen, raisen
  • Scots: rais, rase, raise
  • English: raise