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í essinu sínu

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Danish være i sit es, from German. "Ess" is from Latin esse (“state, condition”). Ásgeir Blöndal suggests the phrase may be influenced by French être à son aise, cognate with English at ease.[1]

Prepositional phrase

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í essinu sínu

  1. in one's element

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ “ess” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
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