rättesnöre
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish rættesnøre, equivalent to rätta (“align, straighten”) + -e- + snöre. Compare Danish rettesnor, Middle Low German richtsnōr, German Richtschnur.
Now only used metaphorically, originally in the literal sense of strings used for alignment in bricklaying.
Noun
[edit]rättesnöre n
Declension
[edit]Declension of rättesnöre
References
[edit]- rättesnöre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rättesnöre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rättesnöre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rättesnöre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)