skärseld
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]skärseld c
- (theology, usually in the definite form) purgatory
- 1974, Ragnar Borgedahl (lyrics and music), “Hum, hum från Humlegårn [Hum, hum from Humlegå(rde)n [sic – a park in Stockholm]]”, in Hum, hum från Humlegårn[1]:
- När solen sjunker i Eden, och när vägen leder till skärselden, då smyger några ur leden, och vänder hemåt igen.
- When the sun sinks in Eden, and when the road leads to purgatory, then some sneak out of the ranks, and turn back home.
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | skärseld | skärselds |
definite | skärselden | skärseldens | |
plural | indefinite | skärseldar | skärseldars |
definite | skärseldarna | skärseldarnas |