rättesnöre
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish rættesnøre, equivalent to rätta (“align, straighten”) + -e- + snöre. Compare Danish rettesnor, Middle Low German richtsnōr, German Richtschnur.
Now only used metaphorically, originally in the literal sense of strings used for alignment in bricklaying.
Declension
| Declension of rättesnöre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rättesnöre | rättesnöret | rättesnören | rättesnörena |
| Genitive | rättesnöres | rättesnörets | rättesnörens | rättesnörenas |
References
- rättesnöre in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rättesnöre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rättesnöre in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rättesnöre in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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