tungelsken
Swedish
Noun
tungelsken n
- (poetic, dialectal) moonshine, moonlight
- Synonym: månsken
- 1962, Peter Hallberg, Den fornisländska poesien, page 133:
- Tryggt ej tedde sig tungelskenet, Eriks ögonhårs onda ljus, då allhärskarns ännesmåne ormblank glänste med ofärdsstrålar.
- Safely the moonlight did not appear, the evil light of Erik's eyelashes, when the all-ruler's forehead shone like a snake with rays of misfortune.
- 1895, Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Vildmarks- och kärleksvisor, page 97:
- Vid denna solglans, sval och tom,
i dessa nätters tungelsken
min ungdom tränger ut i blom,
som ljungens rik fast blek och sen.- By this sunshine, cool and empty,
in the moonlight of these nights
my youth bursts into bloom,
like the heather's rich though pale and late.
- By this sunshine, cool and empty,
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