Crist
English
editEtymology
editApparently from Old English Crīst, Crist (the vowel may originally have been long in early OE, with subsequent shortening in late OE, see Notes for Christmas on the OED.com website), possibly applied as a nickname for someone who played the part of Christ in a pageant, or alternatively a pet form of the personal names Christian or Christopher.
Proper noun
editCrist (plural Crists)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Crist is the 3401st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10518 individuals. Crist is most common among White (93.74%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crist”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 385.
Catalan
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCrist m
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English Crist, from Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCrist
- (Jesus) Christ
- c. 1250, Lofsong Louerde:
- Ich liuie, nout ich, auh crist liueð in me
- I don't live, but Christ lives in me.
- c. 1325, Harrowing of Hell, lines 241–245:
- louerd, for þi muchele grace / graunt vs in heouene one place; / Let vs neuer be forloren / for no sinne, crist ycoren / ah bring vs out of helle pyne […]
- Lord, for your great grace / give us a place in heaven; / Don't let us ever be lost / to any sin, chosen Christ, / but bring us out of Hell's torment. […]
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[1], published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:1, page 117rre, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
- Apocalips of iheſu criſt · which · god ȝaf to hym to make open to hiſe ſeruauntis .· whiche þingis it bihoueþ to be maad ſoone / ⁊ he ſignefiede ſending bi his aungel to his ſeruaunt ioon
- The apocalypse of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him to make clear to his servants what will necessarily happen soon. And he gave notice, sending [it] through his angel to John, his servant.
- messiah, saviour
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “Crīst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, the Messiah”, literally “the anointed one”), from χρῑ́ω (khrī́ō, “to anoint; to rub, smear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey- (“to smear”)) + -τός (-tós, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editCrist m
- Christ
- c. 800, Ruthwell Cross:
- ᛣᚱᛁᛋᛏᚹᚫᛋᚩᚾᚱᚩᛞᛁᚻᚹᛖᚦᚱᚫᚦᛖᚱᚠᚢᛋᚫᚠᛠᚱᚱᚪᚾᛣᚹᚩᛗᚢᚫᚦᚦᛁᛚᚫᛏᛁᛚᚪᚾᚢᛗ
- Krist wæs on rōdi, hweþræ þēr fūsæ fearran kwōmu æþþilæ til ānum.
- Christ was on the cross, yet there in haste from afar came noble men unto him.
- c. 800, Ruthwell Cross:
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Crist | — |
accusative | Crist | — |
genitive | Cristes | — |
dative | Criste | — |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editOld Irish
editProper noun
editCrist m
- Alternative spelling of Críst
Mutation
editradical | lenition | nasalization |
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Crist | Christ | Crist pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Welsh
editEtymology
editFrom Ecclesiastical Latin Christus, from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós), proper noun use of χριστός (khristós, “the anointed one”), a semantic loan of Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (māšīaḥ, “anointed”).
Pronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kriːst/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /krɪst/
Proper noun
editCrist m
Derived terms
editMutation
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