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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish aftonse, from aftons with an added -e of unclear meaning, but cf. i morse and dialectal forms i vintrase for i vintras and nunnase for nunnas (“just, quite recently”). The development was likely i aftonse > i aftese > i aftse > i afse. See afton and -s (“adverbial suffix”). Probably cognate with Danish and Norwegian aftes.
Pronunciation
Noun
afse
- (dated) adverbial genitive form of afton
Usage notes
- Only found in the expression i afse (“yesterday evening”).
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