eljest
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Old Swedish ællæghis, from Proto-Germanic *aljas (genitive of *aljaz), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with English else.
Adverb Edit
eljest
- (dated) or else, otherwise
- Synonym: annars
- eljest vore vi alla dömda
- otherwise we'd all be doomed
- (dialectal, Northern Sweden) strange, different, eccentric
Usage notes Edit
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.