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2017, Kirk Hamilton (Inge Arends), En lejemorders kugle, Lindhardt og Ringhof (→ISBN)
Han havde et par briller med messingstel siddende yderst ude på næsen, ...
He had a pair of brass-frame glasses sitting at the tip of his nose, ...
2018, Bent Jørgensen, Børnenes bog om skildpadder og akvariefisk, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:
Det bedste akvarium er et såkaldt stel-akvarium. Det har et stel af rustfrit stål eller jern, bunden er også af metal, og på de fire sider er der med særligt kit indsat fire glasruder.
The best aquarium is a so-called frame-aquarium. It has a frame of stainless steel or iron, the bottom is also of metal, and on the four sides, four glass panes are attached with a special kind of putty.
The sound change of Old Norse /rð/ to /l/ is originally dialectal, but in this word has entered the standard language. Compare hin håle and utböling (from ON. *hinn harði and *útbyrðing respectively)
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.
