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harsk.

rancid

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

adj/harsk/[hɑːsɡ̊]
  1. rancid

  2. rancidly

    adverbial
  3. unforgiving, unpleasant, cruel

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse harskr, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kars- (“to scratch, scrape, rub, card”). See also Middle Low German harsch (“hairy”), Russian короста (korosta, “to itch”), Old Church Slavonic краста (krasta).

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