lystra

• lystret

lystra

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

• IPA^(key): /²lʏs.trɑ/

From Middle Low German lusteren.

lystra (present tense lystrar, past tense lystra, past participle lystra, passive infinitive lystrast, present participle lystrande, imperative lystra/lystr)

1. to obey

From the noun lyster f.

• lystre (e-infinitive)
• ljostra (non-standard since 1938)

lystra (present tense lystrar, past tense lystra, past participle lystra, passive infinitive lystrast, present participle lystrande, imperative lystra/lystr)

1. (transitive, intransitive, fishing) to leister

• “lystra” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

lystra (present lystrar, preterite lystrade, supine lystrat, imperative lystra)

1. to notice and heed or respond (to a signal or command or the like)

   få hunden att lystra till sitt namn

   get the dog to respond to its name

   De lystrar till hans befallningar

   They obey his orders

2. (idiomatic, in "lystra till namnet <name>") to be called, to have as one's name

   Synonym: heta

   Hon lystrar till namnet Britt-Marie

   Her name is Britt-Marie

• lystring

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