åska

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See also: aska

Swedish

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Etymology

From Early Modern Swedish variants: āska, åscka, åskja, oschia, åsikia, åsekia, åsäckia, åsökia, åsökja, asökia (compare dialectal åseka), from Old Swedish āsikkia (nominative), āsækyu (oblique). Compound of ås (“Æsir (singular), Norse god”) +‎ ökja (“carting”), the latter, an older unstandardised variant of äcka (“carting”), initially a Proto-Norse verbal noun to åka (“to go, going”). No cognate is attested in Old West Norse, but a potential form would be *áseykja, consisting of ás (“Æsir (singular), Norse god”) +‎ eykja (“carting”).

Thor hunting giants above the clouds in his chariot

The word may have started as a noa-name. It refers to the Norse god Thor driving around in his chariot above the clouds and killing giants with his hammer Mjölnir, which according to myth produced the sound of thunder as he smacked them.

Noun

åska c

  1. thunder (the sound caused by lightning)
    Synonyms: dunder, (dated or poetic) tordön
  2. lightning (discharge of atmospheric electricity)

Usage notes

  • Usually uncountable. The plural forms åskor and åskorna occur in poetic language, but are rare.

Declension

Declension of åska
nominative genitive
singular indefinite åska åskas
definite åskan åskans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Derived terms

See also

Verb

åska (present åskar, preterite åskade, supine åskat, imperative åska)

  1. (impersonal, intransitive) to thunder

Conjugation

Conjugation of åska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive åska —
Supine åskat —
Imperative åska —
Imper. plural1 åsken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative åskar åskade — —
Ind. plural1 åska åskade — —
Subjunctive2 åske åskade — —
Participles
Present participle åskande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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