usel

See also: ușèl and ușël

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ūsǣl, ūsal, osæll, from Old Norse úsæll, from Proto-Norse *ᚢᚾᛊᚨᛚᛁᛉ (*unsāliz), Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, from *un- (“un-”) + *sēliz (“happy”). Equivalent to o- + säll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʉːsɛl/

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Adjective

usel (comparative uslare, superlative uslast)

1. terribly bad, awfully bad

Declension

Inflection of usel
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	usel	uslare	uslast
Neuter singular	uselt	uslare	uslast
Plural	usla	uslare	uslast
Masculine plural3	usle	uslare	uslast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	usle	uslare	uslaste
All	usla	uslare	uslaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• urusel
• uselhet
• usling

References

• usel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• usel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• usel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• usel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• usle