usel

See also: uṡèl, ușèl, and ușël

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ūsǣl, ūsal, osæll, from Old Norse úsæll, from Proto-Norse *ᚢᚾᛊᚨᛚᛁᛉ (*unsāliz), Proto-Germanic *unsēliz, from *un- (“un-”) + *sēliz (“happy”). Equivalent to o- + säll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʉːsɛl/

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Adjective

usel (comparative uslare, superlative uslast)

1. terribly bad, awfully bad

Declension

Inflection of usel

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	usel	uslare	uslast
neuter singular	uselt	uslare	uslast
plural	usla	uslare	uslast
masculine plural2	usle	uslare	uslast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	usle	uslare	uslaste
all	usla	uslare	uslaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• urusel
• uselhet
• usling

References

• “usel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “usel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “usel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• usel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• usle