frelsa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse frelsa, from Proto-Germanic *frijahalsōną.

Verb

frelsa (third person singular past indicative frelsti, third person plural past indicative frelst, supine frelst)

  1. to save, to deliver (Jesus)

Conjugation

Conjugation of (group v-2)
infinitive
supine frelst
present past
first singular frelsi frelsti
second singular frelsir frelsti
third singular frelsir frelsti
plural frelsa frelstu
participle (a39)1 frelsandi frelstur
imperative
singular frels!
plural frelsið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

frelsa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of frelse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse frelsa and frjalsa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²frɛlsɑ/

Verb

frelsa (present tense frelser, past tense frelste, past participle frelst, passive infinitive frelsast, present participle frelsande, imperative frels)

  1. (religious) to save
    Han seier at Kristus har frelst han.
    He says that Christ has saved him.
  2. (archaic) to free, to liberate
    Nokon må frelsa oss frå denne plaga!
    Someone must liberate us from this pest!

Etymology 2

Noun

frelsa f

  1. definite singular of frelse

References

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