särla
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Swedish sirla, serla. First attested in the latter half of the 14th century.[1]
Adverb
editsärla (comparative särlare, superlative särlast)
- (archaic) late, in the evening
- Antonym: arla
- 1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, page 25:
- Hon är tigh bättre än Guld och Pärla,
Sitt hws achtar hon ärla och särla.- She is better than Gold and Pearl,
She attends to her house early and late.
- She is better than Gold and Pearl,
Derived terms
edit- särlaregn (“late evening rain”)