stel.
stiff, rigid
Meaning & usage
stiff, rigid
very strict and formal (to a fault), stiff
awkward
Det vart så stelt när han blev totaldissad på dansgolvet.
Where this word comes from
From Old Swedish stirder, styrdher, from Old Norse stirðr, from Proto-Germanic *sterþjaz, [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ster (“strong, steady”). The sound change of Old Norse /rð/ to /l/, which affected central and northern Sweden, is typically not reflected in writing, the spelling of this word and a few other being exceptions. Compare hin håle and utböling (from ON. *hinn harði and *útbyrðing respectively)
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