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Old English · noun

ærist

Normalised ǣrist

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ˈæːˌrist/
Syllables
ˈæː · ˌrist (2 syllables)
Modern English
gettingresurrectiongetting uprising

Meaning

  1. rising or getting up

  2. resurrection

    Hē hine ætīewde æfter þǣre ǣriste and cwæþ, "Faraþ and cȳðaþ mīnum brōðrum þæt hīe cumen tō Galilēum. Þǣr hīe mē ġesēoþ."

    He appeared after the resurrection and said, "Go and tell my brothers to come to Galilee. There they will see me."

    late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Pope Gregory's Pastoral Care

Declension

Declension of ærist
SingularPlural
Nominative ǣristǣristeǣrista
Accusative ǣristǣristeǣristeǣrista
Genitive ǣristeǣrista
Dative ǣristeǣristum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzristiz. Cognate with Old High German urrist and Gothic (urrists). By surface analysis, ǣ- (“up, out”) + *rist (“rising”).

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