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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish räþelīker, from Old Norse hræðiligr. Cognate to Danish ræddelig and Icelandic hræðilegur.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rälig (comparative räligare, superlative räligast)
- (Southern) nasty, scary, ugly, disgusting
2008 May 21, Marika Anjou, “Lättuggat – men ingen rälig gegga [Easy to chew - but no nasty mush]”, in Sydsvenskan, Malmö, Sweden:Han har sett lättuggad mat serveras, som varit allt annat än rolig. – Det enda som gällde var puré som man mixade till en rälig gegga.- He has seen easily chewed food, which has been anything but fun. – The only thing on the menu was a purée that you mixed into a nasty mush.
2010 February 25, Therese Thomasson, “Korsning vid Särslöv farlig [Junction by Särslöv dangerous]”, in Sydsvenskan, Malmö, Sweden:Det är en rälig korsning. Speciellt om man kommer från Staffanstorpshållet, då ser man inte korsningen förrän man är mitt i den[…]- It is a scary junction. Especially if you’re coming from Staffanstorp, in which case you don’t see the junction until you’re in the middle of it
2011 October 5, Martin Andersson, “Små barn på historisk mark [Small children on historical ground]”, in Sydsvenskan, Malmö, Sweden:Mord, avrättningar, krig, häxor, pest, råttor och smuts. Det medeltida Malmö var en rälig plats.- Murder, executions, war, witches, plague, rats and dirt. Medieval Malmö was a nasty place.
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
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