selvanden

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Danish

Etymology

selv- +‎ anden

Adverb

selvanden

  1. (dated) accompanied by exactly one person
    • 2016, Ukendt Ukendt, Islandske sagaer, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      ... da I ikke engang tør møde ham nu, da han rejser selvanden eller helt alene, ...
      ... as you do not even dare to meet him now, as he travels with one other person or entirely alone, ...
    • 2016, Poul Ørum, Den stjålne ild, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      Han går selvanden med sin skygge ...
      He walks twosomely with his shadow ...
    • 2017, Willy-August Linnemann, Helbrederen, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
      ... selv om der bliver meget trangt i en sovepose, når man skal ligge selvanden; ...
      ... although it becomes very tight in a sleeping bag when one must lie there with one other person; ...