í essinu sínu
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Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Danish være i sit es, from German. "Ess" is from Latin esse (“state, condition”). Ásgeir Blöndal suggests the phrase may be influenced by French être à son aise, cognate with English at ease.[1]
Prepositional phrase[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ “ess” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)