ömsom

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish ymsom, from ýmsum, dative plural form of Old Norse ýmiss. Attested in the form umisum on the Rök runestone.

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ömsom

  1. (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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