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Swedish
Etymology
Old Swedish löghe, from Old Norse hlœgi (“ridicule”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōgijaną (“to make laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”). Compare Danish løjer, Icelandic hlægja.
Noun
löje n
- contemptuous glee (at something or someone considered ridiculous), ridicule
- (obsolete) a smile, a grin
- le ett litet, svagt löje
- smile slightly (faintly), give a slight (a faint; the ghost of a) smile
- Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, part 1, chapter 28
- Dolly kunde med möda hålla tillbaka ett löje.
- Dolly could scarcely suppress a smile.
- (obsolete) laughter
- (obsolete) merriment
- Swedish lyrics 1821 by Bernhard Crusell to the aria Non più andrai, from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786); Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
- Säg farväl, lilla fjäril, åt nöjen, / åt kurtiser, åt lekar och löjen!
- Bid farewell, little butterfly to joys / to flirtations, games and merriments.
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