lystra

See also: Lystra

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

lystra

  1. 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)

  1. to obey

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, fishing) to leister

References

Swedish

Verb

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

  1. 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
  2. (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
present participle lystrande
past participle —

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

References

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