deßa
Swedish
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[edit]deßa
- obsolete typography of dessa (“these”), plural of denna (“this; that”)
- 1772, Daniel Defoe, Den Engelſka ROBINSON CRUSOES Underliga och ſaͤllsamma Reſor och Lefwernes Beſkrifning, Af honom ſjelf ſammanfattade Och nu På Swenſka oͤfwerſatte. [The Engliſh ROBINSON CRUSOE'S Strange and Wonderful Travels and Life Deſcription, Compiled by himſelf And now Tranſlated into Swediſh], 2 edition, page 19:
- Haͤrpå gåfwo wi oß til ſjoͤs, och ſatte wår koſa på de Canariſka oͤarna, eller raͤttare ſagt, emellan deßa oͤar och de Africaniſka kuſterne, hwareſt wi ſtraxt en morgon blefwo warſe en Sjoͤroͤfware ifrån Salée, hwilken oß med utſpaͤnda ſegel efterſatte.
- Hereupon we ſet out to ſea, and ſet our courſe for the Canarian iſlands, or rather, between theſe iſlands and the African coaſts, where one morning we ſoon obſerved a pirate from Salée, who gave chaſe to us with full ſails.
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