tidelag

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish tīdholagh, þȳþilagh, þȳþolagh. First part of compound from thȳdhas (“to have intercourse with”), from Old Norse þýðr. Second part equivalent to the noun lag in the sense "lie down" (as in nederlag, for example).

Noun

tidelag n

1. bestiality (sexual intercourse between humans and animals)

Declension

Declension of tidelag

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tidelag	tidelags
	definite	tidelaget	tidelagets
plural	indefinite	tidelag	tidelags
	definite	tidelagen	tidelagens

See also

• zoofili

References

• tidelag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tidelag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tidelag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tidelag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)