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Swedish
Etymology
First attested in the latter half of the 14th century.[1]
Inherited from Old Swedish þiäli. Possibly related with Norwegian Nynorsk tele.
Noun
tjäle c
- tjaele, ground frost (frozen ground)
- Snön kom sent, så tjälen är djup.
- The snow came late, so the ground froze deep.
2021 February 22, Henrik Williamsson, “Tjälen går en meter ner i marken efter vinterkylan [The tjaele goes a meter into the ground after the winter cold]”, in Hallandsposten:Tittar man på Sveriges nordligaste utpost i tjälsammanhang, Svappavaara, är mätaren i botten. Där råder två meters tjäle. […] Den sydligaste mätaren står i Åkarp utanför Malmö och där är tjälen bara några centumeter.- If you look at Sweden's northernmost outpost in the context of tjaele, Svappavaara, the meter is at the bottom. Two meters of tjaele prevails there. The southernmost meter is in Åkarp outside Malmö and there the tjaele is only a few centimetres.
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