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Swedish
Etymology
Ellipsis of phrases such as jag är eder ödmjuka tjänare (”I am your humble servant”) etc. Compare German servus and Italian ciao. See also tjänare.
Interjection
ödmjuka tjänare
- (archaic) A greeting expressing humility and reverence.
1791, Carl Mikael Bellman, “Fredmans sång n:o 9”, in translated by Paul Britten Austin, Fredmans sånger [Fredman’s Epistles]:Nå ödmjukaste tjenare, gunstig Herr Värd! / Klang! en klunk uppå Skinkan innan Steken blir skärd.- Oh, your humblest of servants, most gracious sir Host! / Take a sip to the Ham, sir, ere we carve up the roast.
1839, Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Gustaf Lindorm:»Ödmjuka tjenare, min allra sötaste fru Marshausen... För guds skull skynda in... aftonen är kall!»- ”Greetings, my very sweetest Mrs. Marshausen... For God’s sake hurry indoors...the evening is cold!”
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