vrist

Swedish

vrist

Etymology

From Old Norse rist (“instep of the foot”)

Noun

vrist c

1. (anatomy) ankle

   Near-synonym: fotled

   Synonym: ankel

Usage notes

• Wrist is handled (literally, "hand joint") in Swedish.
• Can be distinguished from fotled as referring to the entire region and not just the joint, though it is bound to be a bit fuzzy.

Derived terms

• vristben
• vristlänk
• vristrem
• vristskada
• vristspark
• vristvärmare

See also

• fotknöl (“malleolus”)

References

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

Anagrams

• trivs

Yola

Adjective

vrist

1. Alternative form of vursth
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     vrom, vresh, vroste, voote, vrist, vour

     [from, fresh, frost, foot, first, four]

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 134