lödig

See also: lødig

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish løþogher, from Middle Low German lōdich. Cognate German -lötig, Norwegian Bokmål lødig, and English lot (“historical unit of weight”).

Adjective

lödig (comparative lödigare, superlative lödigast)

1. pure, unalloyed
2. (figurative) of reliable quality

Usage notes

Before 1855, the purity of silver was in Sweden measured in sixteenths. For example, tolvlödigt silver denoted an alloy of ¹²⁄₁₆ = 75% silver and 25% copper.

Declension

Inflection of lödig

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	lödig	lödigare	lödigast
neuter singular	lödigt	lödigare	lödigast
plural	lödiga	lödigare	lödigast
masculine plural2	lödige	lödigare	lödigast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	lödige	lödigare	lödigaste
all	lödiga	lödigare	lödigaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• fullödig
• lödighet

Related terms

• lod (“historical unit of weight”)

References

• lödig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• lödig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• lödig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• lod in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1912)