verdslig
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From verden (“world”) + -lig. Compare Swedish världslig, English worldly, German weltlich. Calque of Latin saeculāris, from saeculum (“generation, age, this world”) + -āris.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
verdslig (neuter verdsligt, plural and definite singular attributive verdslige)
References edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
verd (“world”) + -lig, from Old Norse veraldligr
Adjective edit
verdslig (neuter singular verdslig, definite singular and plural verdslige)
See also edit
- verdsleg (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “verdslig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.