eljest

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ællæghis, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (genitive of *aljaz), utlimately from Proto-Indo-European *ályos. Cognate with English else.

Adverb

eljest

1. (dated) or else, otherwise

Usage notes

• The use of eljest as an adjective (meaning: strange, different, eccentric) is a local peculiarity in the far north of Sweden.
• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.