nedstirre

Danish

Etymology

A misinterpretation of now rare or obsolete nid (“hatred”) as ned (“down”), compare English stare down and German niederstarren.

Verb

nedstirre

1. Misconstruction of nidstirre
   • 1998, Frank Jensen, Organisationen, retrieved from ordnet.dk/korpusdk

     En 20-30 ansigter nedstirrede skiftevis Hahn, Per og Falk - hadefuldt, nysgerrigt eller uinteresseret.

     About 20 or thirty faces glared at, in turn, Hahn, Per and Falk - hatefully, curiously or uninterestedly.

   • 1991 October 10, Bodil Cath, "Margrethe ryger på de canadiske forsider", retrieved from ordnet.dk/korpusdk

     Når anti-rygere i Danmark har konfronteret hende med hendes vaner og bedt hende om at ændre dem, har hun nedstirret dem ", hedder det.

     When anti-smokers in Denmark has confronted her with her habits and asked her to change them, she has glared at them", it is said.