Danish

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Etymology

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A misinterpretation of now rare or obsolete nid (hatred) as ned (down), compare English stare down and German niederstarren.

Verb

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nedstirre

  1. Misconstruction of nidstirre
    • 1998, Frank Jensen, Organisationen, retrieved from ordnet.dk/korpusdk
      En 20-30 ansigter nedstirrede skiftevis Hahn, Per og Falk - hadefuldt, nysgerrigt eller uinteresseret.
      About 20 or thirty faces glared at, in turn, Hahn, Per and Falk - hatefully, curiously or uninterestedly.
    • 1991 October 10, Bodil Cath, "Margrethe ryger på de canadiske forsider", retrieved from ordnet.dk/korpusdk
      Når anti-rygere i Danmark har konfronteret hende med hendes vaner og bedt hende om at ændre dem, har hun nedstirret dem ", hedder det.
      When anti-smokers in Denmark has confronted her with her habits and asked her to change them, she has glared at them", it is said.