vadan
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Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hvadan (obsolete since 1906)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish hvaþan, from Old Norse hvaðan.
Pronoun
[edit]vadan (not comparable)
- (archaic) whence, wherefrom, from where
- 1836, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Hanna: Till den första kärleken[1], page 5:
- Engång min första kärlek frågte jag:
Min lefnads stjerna, säg, hur tändes du,
Och hvadan äger du ditt milda ljus? […]- Once my first love I asked:
Star of my living, say, how wast thou lit,
And whence ownest thou thy gentle light? […]
- Once my first love I asked: