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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish til þäs, that is: till (“to”) + dess (genitive of den, det (“that”)). In Old Norse and earlier Swedish the preposition till took the genitive, and this is why dess is used. Compare till bords, till sjöss, till fots. The synonymous preposition tills is a contraction of this.
Conjunction
till dess
- until (up to the time that)
- Synonym: tills
- 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Genesis (Första Mosebok), 3:19
Tu skalt äta tit brödh j tins anletes swett / til tess tu warder åter til iord igen / ther tu aff taghen äst / ty tu äst iord / och til iord skal tu warda.- (pre-1906 spelling) Du skalt äta ditt bröd i dins anletes svett, till dess du varder åter till jord igen, der du af tagen äst; ty du äst jord, och till jord skall du varda
- In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.