lödig
See also: lødig
Swedish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish løþogher, from Middle Low German lōdich. Cognate German -lötig, Norwegian Bokmål lødig, and English lot (“historical unit of weight”).
Adjective
editlödig (comparative lödigare, superlative lödigast)
Usage notes
editBefore 1855, the purity of silver was in Sweden measured in sixteenths. For example, tolvlödigt silver denoted an alloy of 12⁄16 = 75% silver and 25% copper.
Declension
editInflection of lödig | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | lödig | lödigare | lödigast |
Neuter singular | lödigt | lödigare | lödigast |
Plural | lödiga | lödigare | lödigast |
Masculine plural3 | lödige | lödigare | lödigast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | lödige | lödigare | lödigaste |
All | lödiga | lödigare | lödigaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- lod (“historical unit of weight”)
References
edit- lödig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lödig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lödig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- lod in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1912)