kristna

From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian.

kristna (third person singular past indicative kristnaði, third person plural past indicative kristnaðu, supine kristnað)

1. (transitive) to Christianize
2. (transitive) to christen, baptize

Conjugation of kristna (group v-30)
infinitive	kristna
supine	kristnað
participle (a6)1	kristnandi	kristnaður
	present	past
first singular	kristni	kristnaði
second singular	kristnar	kristnaði
third singular	kristnar	kristnaði
plural	kristna	kristnaðu
	imperative
singular	kristna!
plural	kristnið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

• kristnet

kristna

1. inflection of kristne:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

• kristne (e- and split infinitives)

From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian. Akin to English christen.

kristna (present tense kristnar, past tense kristna, past participle kristna, passive infinitive kristnast, present participle kristnande, imperative kristna/kristn)

1. (transitive) to Christianize
2. (transitive) to christen

   Synonym: døype

• avkristna
• kristning f

• “kristna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• knistra, knitras, skitnar, stinkar

Borrowed or calqued from Old English cristnian.

kristna

1. (transitive) to Christianize
2. (transitive) to christen, baptize

• kristinn
• kristni

• Faroese: kristna
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kristna, kristne (e- and split infinitives)
• Norwegian Bokmål: kristne
• Jamtish: kirsne
• Old Swedish: kristna
  • Swedish: kristna

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kristna

1. strong feminine accusative singular of kristinn
2. strong masculine accusative plural of kristinn
3. weak masculine accusative singular of kristinn
4. weak masculine dative singular of kristinn
5. weak masculine genitive singular of kristinn
6. weak feminine nominative singular of kristinn
7. weak neuter nominative singular of kristinn
8. weak neuter accusative singular of kristinn
9. weak neuter dative singular of kristinn
10. weak neuter genitive singular of kristinn

• “kristna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

From Old Norse kristna, from Old English cristnian.

kristna

1. (transitive) to Christianize
2. (transitive) to christen, baptize

• Swedish: kristna

Inherited from Old Swedish kristna or kristen +‎ -a

kristna

1. inflection of kristen:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

kristna (present kristnar, preterite kristnade, supine kristnat, imperative kristna)

1. to Christianize, to make (someone) convert to Christianity
2. (solemn, with till (“to”) when of giving a name) to christen (baptize, name)

   Synonym: döpa

   Han kristnades till Bernt

   He was christened Bernt

• kristna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kristna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kristna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)