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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish til syøs, i.e. the preposition til (“to”) (originally taking the genitive case) + the noun sø (“sea”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål til sjøs and Swedish till sjöss.
Pronunciation
Adjective
til søs
- at sea
- Vi var til søs i tre måneder.
- We were at sea for three months.
Adverb
til søs
- at sea
2016, Palle Lauring, Danmarks konger, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:Kampene stod til søs, de stod i Skånelandene, de stod i Nordtyskland.- The battles took place at sea, they took place in the Scanian area, they took place in Northern Germany.
2010, Peter Høeg, Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne, pocket, Rosinante&Co., →ISBN, page 294:Så løb de alle sammen af sted til deres hytter, og kom igen med rifler, og stod til søs i deres joller ...- Then they all ran off to their huts, and came back with rifles, and took off to sea in their s ...
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