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Norwegian Bokmål
A child expressing fear or dread during nighttime.
Etymology
From Old Norse hræzla ( “ dread, fear ” ) , from hræða ( “ to frighten, be afraid of ” ) (with the suffix -sla ), from Proto-Germanic *hrēdijaną .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈrɛtsəl/ , /ˈrɛdsəl/
Rhymes: -əl
Hyphenation: red‧sel
Noun
redsel m (definite singular redselen , indefinite plural redsler , definite plural redslene )
( uncountable ) fear , dread ; horror ( a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat )
Synonyms: forferdelse , gru , skrekk
1872 , Henrik Ibsen , Kongs-Emnerne , page 102 :rædsel for straf og dom fear of punishment and judgment
1877 , Henrik Ibsen , Samfundets støtter , page 171 :jeg har en rædsel for al denne skikkelighed! I have a fear that this decency!
1881 , Henrik Ibsen , Gengangere , page 164 :[hun] stirrer på ham i målløs rædsel stares at him in speechless horror
1917 , Knut Hamsun , Markens Grøde II , page 222 :spil er ikke overmot, det er ikke engang mot, det er rædsel games are not courage, it is not even courage, it is fear
1917 , Knut Hamsun , Markens Grøde II , page 162 :Inger avviste denne tanke med rædsel Inger rejected this thought with horror
2002 , Vibeke Løkkeberg , Purpur :et øyeblikk følte han en lammende redsel for a moment he felt a paralyzing fear
1997 , Ketil Bjørnstad , Veien til Dhaka , page 317 :jeg glemmer aldri redselen i øynene dine da jeg fortalte deg at jeg var gravid I will never forget the fear in your eyes when I told you I was pregnant
( countable ) a fear , dread ; horror ( a sense of fear induced by something or someone )
Synonyms: gru , grufullhet
1926 , Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson , Samlede Digte I , page 41 :skal denne mur mine tanker slaa, saadan med sne-is og rædsel staa let this wall strike my thoughts, so with snow-ice and horror stand
1875 , Henrik Ibsen , Catilina , page 33 :hvad siger du? O, rædsel! what do you say? Oh, horror!
1872 , Henrik Ibsen , Kongs-Emnerne , page 113 :der vil komme en rædselens tid over landet there will come a time of horror over the land
1885 , Henrik Ibsen , Brand , page 93 :ville må du stærk og glad igennem alle rædslers rad would you have to be strong and happy through the wheel of all horrors
1907 , Bernt Lie , Mot Overmagt , page 230 :det var en rædsel at høre that was dreadful to hear
1922 , Nils Kjær , Samlede Skrifter II , page 75 :[jeg svermer for] ægteskabet med alle dets rædsler marriage with all its horrors
1936 , Adresseavisen , page 85 :krigens redsler the horrors of war
1994 , Karsten Alnæs , Sabina :redslene fra Flanderns skyttergraver og Atlanterhavets ubåter the horrors of Flanders' trenches and Atlantic submarines
2003 , Toril Brekke , Brostein , page 328 :redslene under en brann i byen the horrors of a city fire
References
“redsel” in The Bokmål Dictionary .
“redsel” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).
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