vemod
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Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).
Noun[edit]
vemod n (singular definite vemodet, not used in plural form)
Declension[edit]
Declension of vemod
neuter gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | vemod | vemodet |
genitive | vemods | vemodets |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “vemod” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).
Noun[edit]
vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)
References[edit]
- “vemod” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”).
Noun[edit]
vemod n (definite singular vemodet, uncountable)
References[edit]
- “vemod” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”). See also Old English wéamód (“angry, wrathful”).
Noun[edit]
vemod n
- melancholy, sadness (calm, often wistful sadness)
- 1984, Ted Ström (lyrics and music), “Vintersaga [Winter tale]”, in Mica, performed by Monica Törnell:
- I Malmö rispas dimman av färjornas sirener, och på andra sidan sundet börjar världen. En ensam Volvo sliter i motvinden på Tjörnbron. Bion i Pajala ger "Den sista färden". Lapplandspilen råmar som ett vilddjur genom natten. Gårdarna släcker sina ljus. Ett stormpiskat Marstrand ber sitt Pater Noster. Stockholm City svajar i sitt rus. Det är då som det stora vemodet rullar in. Och från havet blåser en isande, gråkall vind.
- In Malmö, the fog is scratched by the sirens of the ferries, and on the other side of the strait, the world begins. A lone Volvo struggles [toils, labors] in the headwind on the Tjörn bridge. The cinema in Pajala is showing Deliverance [The final journey]. The Lapland Arrow [defunct train service between the south and north of Sweden] lows [moos] like a wild animal through the night. The country houses [(country) estates] are turning off their lights. A storm-whipped Marstrand prays its Pater Noster. Stockholm City sways in its rush [intoxication, excited state]. That is when the great melancholy rolls in. And from the sea blows an icy, gray-cold wind.
Declension[edit]
Declension of vemod | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | vemod | vemodet | — | — |
Genitive | vemods | vemodets | — | — |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- vemod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vemod in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vemod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- ve (2) in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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