eljest

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ællæghis, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (genitive of *aljaz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with English else.

Adverb

eljest

(dated) or else, otherwise
Synonym: annars

eljest vore vi alla dömda
otherwise we'd all be doomed
(dialectal, Northern Sweden) strange, different, eccentric

Usage notes

Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

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