tidelag

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish tīdholagh, þȳþilagh, þȳþolagh. First part of compound from thȳdhas (“to have intercourse with”), from Old Norse þýðr. Second part equivalent to the noun lag in the sense "lie down" (as in nederlag, for example).

Noun

tidelag n

1. bestiality (sexual intercourse between humans and animals)

Declension

Declension of tidelag
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tidelag	tidelaget	tidelag	tidelagen
Genitive	tidelags	tidelagets	tidelags	tidelagens

See also

• zoofili

References

• tidelag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tidelag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tidelag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• tidelag in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)