rįesa

See also: riesa and Riesa

Elfdalian

Etymology 1

From Swedish resa, from Middle Low German reisen. The nasality is probably by analogy with rįesa (cleanse).

Verb

rįesa

  1. to travel
Inflection
Conjugation of rįesa — active
infinitive rįesa
present participle rįesend
supine rįest
indicative present past
1st singular rįeser rįeste
2nd singular rįeser rįeste
3rd singular rįeser rįeste
1st plural rįesum rįestum
2nd plural rįesið rįestið
3rd plural rįesa rįeste
imperative present
2nd singular rįese
1st plural rįesum
2nd plural rįesið

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Verb

rįesa

  1. to wash, to cleanse
Inflection
Conjugation of rįesa — active
infinitive rįesa
present participle rįesend
supine rįest
indicative present past
1st singular rįeser rįeste
2nd singular rįeser rįeste
3rd singular rįeser rįeste
1st plural rįesum rįestum
2nd plural rįesið rįestið
3rd plural rįesa rįeste
imperative present
2nd singular rįese
1st plural rįesum
2nd plural rįesið

References

  • Steensland, Lars (2011) “Parasitisk (oetymologisk) nasalisering i älvdalskan”, in Oðer råðstemną um övdalskų[1], pages 116–126