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Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hræzla (“dread, fear”), from hræða (“to frighten, be afraid of”) (with the suffix -sla), from Proto-Germanic *hrēdijaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]redsel m (definite singular redselen, indefinite plural redsler, definite plural redslene)
- (uncountable) fear, dread; horror (a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
- Synonyms: forferdelse, gru, skrekk
- 1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 102:
- rædsel for straf og dom
- fear of punishment and judgment
- 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 171:
- jeg har en rædsel for al denne skikkelighed!
- I have a fear that this decency!
- 1881, Henrik Ibsen, Gengangere, page 164:
- [hun] stirrer på ham i målløs rædsel
- [she] stares at him in speechless horror
- 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 222:
- spil er ikke overmot, det er ikke engang mot, det er rædsel
- games are not courage, it is not even courage, it is fear
- 1917, Knut Hamsun, Markens Grøde II, page 162:
- Inger avviste denne tanke med rædsel
- Inger rejected this thought with horror
- 2002, Vibeke Løkkeberg, Purpur:
- et øyeblikk følte han en lammende redsel
- for a moment he felt a paralyzing fear
- 1997, Ketil Bjørnstad, Veien til Dhaka, page 317:
- jeg glemmer aldri redselen i øynene dine da jeg fortalte deg at jeg var gravid
- I will never forget the fear in your eyes when I told you I was pregnant
- (countable) a fear, dread; horror (a sense of fear induced by something or someone)
- Synonyms: gru, grufullhet
- 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Samlede Digte I, page 41:
- skal denne mur mine tanker slaa, saadan med sne-is og rædsel staa
- let this wall strike my thoughts, so with snow-ice and horror stand
- 1875, Henrik Ibsen, Catilina, page 33:
- hvad siger du? O, rædsel!
- what do you say? Oh, horror!
- 1872, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne, page 113:
- der vil komme en rædselens tid over landet
- there will come a time of horror over the land
- 1885, Henrik Ibsen, Brand, page 93:
- ville må du stærk og glad igennem alle rædslers rad
- would you have to be strong and happy through the wheel of all horrors
- 1907, Bernt Lie, Mot Overmagt, page 230:
- det var en rædsel at høre
- that was dreadful to hear
- 1922, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter II, page 75:
- [jeg svermer for] ægteskabet med alle dets rædsler
- [I swarm for] marriage with all its horrors
- 1936, Adresseavisen, page 85:
- krigens redsler
- the horrors of war
- 1994, Karsten Alnæs, Sabina:
- redslene fra Flanderns skyttergraver og Atlanterhavets ubåter
- the horrors of Flanders' trenches and Atlantic submarines
- 2003, Toril Brekke, Brostein, page 328:
- redslene under en brann i byen
- the horrors of a city fire
References
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/əl
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with quotations
- Norwegian Bokmål countable nouns
- nb:Emotions
- nb:Fear