dröja

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish drøghia, drøgha (Causative of dragha).

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Verb

dröja (present dröjer, preterite dröjde, supine dröjt, imperative dröj)

  1. to not occur or do immediately; to linger, to wait, to last, to hold (the telephone)
    Var god dröj
    Please hold
    Det kommer dröja innan det sker
    It's going to be a while before it happens
    • Det dröjer ännu fyrtio dagar, så skall Nineve bliva omstörtat.
      Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown (Jonah 3:4)

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