hyss

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Middle English

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Determiner

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hyss

  1. Alternative form of his (his)

Pronoun

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hyss

  1. Alternative form of his (his)

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Used at least since 1685. From the verb hyssa, meaning to lift and swing somebody in the air, a variant of hissa. In the 1960s, the word got a renaissance when it was used by Astrid Lindgren to describe the pranks made by Emil i Lönneberga.

Noun

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hyss n

  1. prank, mischief
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Etymology 2

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Interjection

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hyss

  1. shush!
    Synonyms: tyst, sch

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