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kyse.

to frighten, especially in a deterring way

4 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈkʰyːsə]
  1. to frighten, especially in a deterring way

Where this word comes from

From Old Norse kjósa (“to choose, influence with magic”), from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews-.

noun
  1. bonnet (kind of hat)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish kjus (“corner of a sack”, literally “something pointed”).

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