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