ᛁᛊᛏ

ᛁᛊᛏ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *isti, the third person singular present indicative of *wesaną.

Verb

ᛁᛊᛏ (ist), (3rd singular present indicative)

1. [he/she/it] is
   • c. 5th century, Vetteland stone (N KJ60, NIæR39)

     [ ]ᚠᛚᚨᚷᛞᚨ ᚠᚨᛁᚲᛁᚾᚨᛉ ᛁᛊᛏ
     [ ]ᛗᚨᚷᛟᛉ ᛗᛁᚾᚨᛊ ᛊᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨ
     [ ]ᛞᚨᛉ ᚠᚨᛁᚺᛁᛞᛟ

     [ ]flagda faikinaz ist
     [ ]magoz minas staina
     [ ]daz faihido

     [This place] is menaced by fiends.
     [I, N.N., set] my son's stone.
     [I], ...daz, coloured [the runes].

Related terms

• ᚹᚨᛋ (was) (1st/3rd singular past indicative)

Descendants

• Old Norse: er (earlier es)
  • Icelandic: er
  • Faroese: er
  • Norwegian:
    • Bokmål: er
    • Nynorsk: er
  • Old Swedish: ær
    • Swedish: är
  • Westrobothnian: jer
  • Danish: er