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NORWEGIAN BOKMÅL · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

redsel.

fear, dread; horror (a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈrɛtsəl//ˈrɛdsəl/
  1. fear, dread; horror (a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

    masculine · uncountable
  2. a fear, dread; horror (a sense of fear induced by something or someone)

    countable · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse hræzla (“dread, fear”), from hræða (“to frighten, be afraid of”) (with the suffix -sla), from Proto-Germanic *hrēdijaną.

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