lödig
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See also: lødig
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Swedish løþogher, from Middle Low German lōdich. Cognate German -lötig, Norwegian Bokmål lødig, and English lot (“historical unit of weight”).
Adjective[edit]
lödig (comparative lödigare, superlative lödigast)
Usage notes[edit]
Before 1855, the purity of silver was in Sweden measured in sixteenths. For example, tolvlödigt silver denoted an alloy of 12⁄16 = 75% silver and 25% copper.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of lödig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lödig | lödigare | lödigast |
Neuter singular | lödigt | lödigare | lödigast |
Plural | lödiga | lödigare | lödigast |
Masculine plural3 | lödige | lödigare | lödigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lödige | lödigare | lödigaste |
All | lödiga | lödigare | lödigaste |
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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- lod (“historical unit of weight”)
References[edit]
- lödig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lödig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lödig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lod in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1912)