axplockning

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of ax (“ear [of grain]”) +‎ plockning (“picking”). First attested in 1849.

Noun

axplockning c

1. An instance of gleaning grain.
   • 1854 August 9, “Kungörelſer [Proclamations]”, in Svea, page 1:

     Att axplockning å ſtadens mark, förinnan all ſäden blifwit inbergad, icke är tillåten anser sig Magiſtraten, i följd af derom gjord framſtällning, äfwen böra tillkännagifwa.

     That the gleaning of corn upon the town’s lands, before all the harvest has been gathered, is not permitted, the Magistrates, in consequence of a representation made thereon, also deem it proper to announce.

   Synonyms: axbärgning, axhämtning, axsamling

   Near-synonym: efterskörd

2. (idiomatic, dated) An instance of gathering (often minor) pieces from different sources; a selection, a gleaning.
   • 1841, Petter Johan Johannesso, Svartkonstbok, published 1917, page 45:

     Ur de cirka tvåhundra recencioner som med entusiasm antecknade denna bok som den märkligaste och intressantaste som utkommit på detta område, företaga vi här en liten axplockning.

     From the roughly two hundred reviews that enthusiastically noted this book as the most remarkable and interesting to have appeared in this field, we shall here make a small gleaning.

   • 1919 December 31, anonymous author, “Personalnytt [Personal News]”, in Smålandsposten, page 4:

     Det föregående må utgöra en liten axplockning af den mångfald ärenden och arbeten, som under året förekommit, och som synts oss hafva mera allmänt intresse.

     The foregoing may serve as a brief gleaning of the multitude of matters and tasks that have arisen over the year, and which have seemed to us to possess a broader public interest.

   • 1932, “11. Fritiof Nilsson Piraten: "Mannen som var ensam" [11. Fritiof Nilsson The Pirate: "The man who was alone"]”, in Ystads Allehanda, published 2016 July 20:

     I själva verket talade åtskilliga graverande omständigheter mot Köldberg. Här en axplockning: […]

     In fact, several incriminating circumstances pointed to Köldberg. Here is a gleaning: […]

Declension

Declension of axplockning

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	axplockning	axplocknings
	definite	axplockningen	axplockningens
plural	indefinite	axplockningar	axplockningars
	definite	axplockningarna	axplockningarnas

Related terms

• axplock (“selection, sample”)