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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish ymsom, from ýmsum, dative plural form of Old Norse ýmiss. Attested in the form umisum on the Rök runestone.
Adverb
ömsom
- (usually repeated) sometimes, alternately, by turns (in one set of instances (that alternate (and contrast) with other instances))
Spelet är ömsom alldeles för lätt, ömsom fullständigt omöjligt- The game is sometimes far too easy and sometimes completely impossible
Jag blev ömsom rörd, ömsom äcklad och ömsom förbannad av filmen- I was alternately touched, disgusted, and angered by the movie
ömsom vin, ömsom vatten- both good and bad elements ("sometimes wine, sometimes water" – idiomatic)
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