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Faroese
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
mysa f (genitive singular mysu, uncountable)
- whey
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.
Pronunciation
Noun
mysa f (genitive singular mysu, no plural)
- whey
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
Attested since 1640. From Danish myse (“squint”) and Norwegian myse (“squint”), ultimately related to Greek μύειν (mýein, “to close ones lips/eyes”) and μυωπία (myopía, “near-sightedness; myopia”) and English myopic. Compare myssla (“to whistle; to squeak”, archaic, dialectal).
Pronunciation
Verb
mysa (present myser, preterite myste or mös, supine myst, imperative mys)
- To be engaged in an activity that is comfortable or pleasurable.
Katten ligger och myser i solen.- The cat is lying in the sun, feeling cozy.
- To be comfortable or content with something.
- (archaic) To smile (with only slight movement of the mouth), particularly as a sign of contentedness or comfort.
c. 1670, anonymous author, Bröllops Beswär, section 177:(Då) Handtags i hwar oc en wrå, med mysande liuszögde systrar.- hands are shaken in every corner, with contentedly smiling light-eyed sisters.
- 1835, diaries of Zacharias Topelius, diaries, 2:100
Sophie Olsson myste på mund, tyckte visst om sig i sin svarta domino.- Sophie Olsson smiled contentedly and quite liked herself in her black domino.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mysa (weak)
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