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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Low German hanerei, hanenrey (“cuckold; capon”). First attested in 1624.
Cognate with German Hahnrei.
Noun
hanrej c
- a cuckold, a married man with an unfaithful wife
1886 July 6, Sigurd, “Kaleidoskop [Kaleidoscope]”, in Smålandsposten, page 3:Någon gång, det är sannt, gör hon honom också till cessionant eller hanrej, men i de fall der så ledsamt händer, ber jag herrskapet god hetsfullt bara titta på "offret," och -- I skolen förlåta henne.- Sometimes, it is true, she also makes him a cessionary or a cuckold, but in cases where such a sad thing happens, I kindly ask you gentlefolk to look only at the "victim," and -- you shall forgive her.
2014 October 30, Nils Schwartz, “Ett ytligt sår [A superficial wound]”, in Expressen:Och så är det då kommendanten Doll själv, en överviktig, alkoholiserad, ömklig och sadistisk hanrej som i sina dagboksanteckningar parodierar sig själv med en frispråkig öppenhet som är fullständigt oförenlig med hans gestalt och maktposition.- And then there is Commandant Doll himself, an overweight, alcoholic, pathetic and sadistic cuckold who, in his diary entries, parodies himself with an outspoken openness that is completely inconsistent with his stature and position of power.
2022 March 29, Sydsvenskan, page 15:Till historien hör att halva Twitter kallade Will Smith för en ”hanrej […]- To the story belongs that half of Twitter called Will Smith a "cuckold
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