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reste

travel · pitch · erect

The word reste has two primary meanings in Swedish depending on its grammatical form and context:

Verb (past tense of resa): It is the past tense (preterite) of the verb resa, which means "to travel" or "to journey." For example: Jag reste till Stockholm (I traveled to Stockholm). It can also mean "to raise" or "to erect," such as att resa ett tält (to pitch/raise a tent).
Noun (singular definite of rest): It refers to "the rest" or "the remainder" of something. In Swedish, the noun rest means "remainder," "leftovers," or "remnant." When used with the definite article, it becomes resten (the rest), but in certain poetic or older constructions, reste can appear as a variation or in specific compound phrases relating to remnants. However, primarily, reste is almost exclusively recognized as the verb form.

Verb form: Reste is the past tense of the strong/weak verb resa (infinitive: resa, present: reser, past: reste, past participle: rest). It stems from the Old Norse reisa, meaning to make someone stand up or to journey.
Noun form: If referring to the noun, it originates from the Middle Low German reste, meaning "rest" or "remnant."