vilse

Swedish

Etymology

vill +‎ -se. Used as an adverb in 1588, based on the adjective vill (“lost”). A few centuries later the adverb was formed into a new adjective vilsen.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

vilse

1. being lost, having lost orientation

   vi har gått vilse

   we are lost

References

• vilse in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)