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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish rætradhogher, equivalent to rätt + rådig.
Adjective
rättrådig (comparative rättrådigare, superlative rättrådigast)
- just, upright, honest
- Synonyms: redbar, redlig, hederlig
1788, Gustaf Widegren, “Rättrådig”, in Svenskt och engelskt lexicon, self-published, accessed at Digital.ub.umu.se, archived from the original on 21 March 2025, page 557:En rättrådig man var rättrådig emot mig.- A just man was just to me.
2000 December 18, “Job 1:1”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 21 March 2025:Job var en oförvitlig och rättrådig man som fruktade Gud och skydde allt ont.- Job was a blameless and upright man, who feared God and shunned all evil.
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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