ljungeld
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish liungelder, from liugnelder, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to shine”). Compare Old English liegetu and Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹 (lauhmuni).
Noun
ljungeld c (usually countable)
- (dated, poetic) (a bolt of) lightning, a lightning bolt (a single discharge of lightning)
- Synonym: blixt
- 1917 October 31, 1773 års bibelkommission, “Lukasevangeliet 10:18 [Luke 10:18]”, in 1917 års kyrkobibel[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
- Då sade han till dem: »Jag såg Satan falla ned från himmelen såsom en ljungeld.»
- Then he said to them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like a lightning bolt."
- 1927, Karin Boye, “Stjärnfall, som natten stänker”, in Härdarna [The Hearths][2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
- Stjärnfall, som natten stänker, ljungeldar, som i flykten blänker, stolta solar, som mörkret dränker – vem vill kalla det för undergång?
- Falling stars that sprinkle the night, lightning bolts that flash in their flight, arrogant suns that drown the darkness – who'd want to call it destruction?
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | ljungeld | ljungelds |
| definite | ljungelden | ljungeldens | |
| plural | indefinite | ljungeldar | ljungeldars |
| definite | ljungeldarna | ljungeldarnas |
References
- ljungeld in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- ljungeld in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- liughnelder in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L