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

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
	present	past
first singular	reisi	reisti
second singular	reisir	reisti
third singular	reisir	reisti
plural	reisa	reistu
participle (a39)1	reisandi	reistur
	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	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	reisi	reisti		reisi	reisti
	þú	reisir	reistir		reisir	reistir
	hann, hún, það	reisir	reisti		reisi	reisti
plural	við	reisum	reistum		reisum	reistum
	þið	reisið	reistuð		reisið	reistuð
	þeir, þær, þau	reisa	reistu		reisi	reistu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	reis (þú), reistu
plural	þið	reisið (þið), reisiði1

¹ 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 (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	reisist	reistist		reisist	reistist
	þú	reisist	reistist		reisist	reistist
	hann, hún, það	reisist	reistist		reisist	reistist
plural	við	reisumst	reistumst		reisumst	reistumst
	þið	reisist	reistust		reisist	reistust
	þeir, þær, þau	reisast	reistust		reisist	reistust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	reist (þú), reistu
plural	þið	reisist (þið), reisisti1

¹ 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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	reisi	reista		reisa	reista
2nd person singular	reisir	reistir		reisir	reistir
3rd person singular	reisir	reisti		reisi	reisti
1st person plural	reisum	reistum		reisim	reistim
2nd person plural	reisið	reistuð		reisið	reistið
3rd person plural	reisa	reistu		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			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	reisumk	reistumk		reisumk	reistumk
2nd person singular	reisisk	reistisk		reisisk	reistisk
3rd person singular	reisisk	reistisk		reisisk	reistisk
1st person plural	reisumsk	reistumsk		reisimsk	reistimsk
2nd person plural	reisizk	reistuzk		reisizk	reistizk
3rd person plural	reisask	reistusk		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