redsel

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A child expressing fear or dread during nighttime.

Etymology

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From Old Norse hræzla (dread, fear), from hræða (to frighten, be afraid of) (with the suffix -sla), from Proto-Germanic *hrēdijaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛtsəl/, /ˈrɛdsəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -əl
  • Hyphenation: red‧sel

Noun

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redsel m (definite singular redselen, indefinite plural redsler, definite plural redslene)

  1. (uncountable) fear, dread; horror (a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
    Synonyms: forferdelse, gru, skrekk
    • 1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 102:
      rædsel for straf og dom
      fear of punishment and judgment
    • 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 171:
      jeg har en rædsel for al denne skikkelighed!
      I have a fear that this decency!
    • 1881, Henrik Ibsen, Gengangere, page 164:
      [hun] stirrer på ham i målløs rædsel
      [she] stares at him in speechless horror
    • 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 222:
      spil er ikke overmot, det er ikke engang mot, det er rædsel
      games are not courage, it is not even courage, it is fear
    • 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 162:
      Inger avviste denne tanke med rædsel
      Inger rejected this thought with horror
    • 2002, Vibeke Løkkeberg, Purpur:
      et øyeblikk følte han en lammende redsel
      for a moment he felt a paralyzing fear
    • 1997, Ketil Bjørnstad, Veien til Dhaka, page 317:
      jeg glemmer aldri redselen i øynene dine da jeg fortalte deg at jeg var gravid
      I will never forget the fear in your eyes when I told you I was pregnant
  2. (countable) a fear, dread; horror (a sense of fear induced by something or someone)
    Synonyms: gru, grufullhet
    • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte I, page 41:
      skal denne mur mine tanker slaa, saadan med sne-is og rædsel staa
      let this wall strike my thoughts, so with snow-ice and horror stand
    • 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 33:
      hvad siger du? O, rædsel!
      what do you say? Oh, horror!
    • 1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 113:
      der vil komme en rædselens tid over landet
      there will come a time of horror over the land
    • 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 93:
      ville må du stærk og glad igennem alle rædslers rad
      would you have to be strong and happy through the wheel of all horrors
    • 1907, Bernt Lie, Mot Overmagt, page 230:
      det var en rædsel at høre
      that was dreadful to hear
    • 1922, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter II, page 75:
      [jeg svermer for] ægteskabet med alle dets rædsler
      [I swarm for] marriage with all its horrors
    • 1936, Adresseavisen, page 85:
      krigens redsler
      the horrors of war
    • 1994, Karsten Alnæs, Sabina:
      redslene fra Flanderns skyttergraver og Atlanterhavets ubåter
      the horrors of Flanders' trenches and Atlantic submarines
    • 2003, Toril Brekke, Brostein, page 328:
      redslene under en brann i byen
      the horrors of a city fire

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