nejd

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German nēgede, from Old Saxon *nāhitha, from Proto-West Germanic *nāhwiþu.[1]

Noun

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nejd c

  1. a surrounding area of nature
  2. an area (more generally)
    Stocholm med omnejd
    Stockholm and environs

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References

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  1. ^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “nejd”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 515