drängsol
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== Swedish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
Draͤngſol
=== Etymology ===
Compound of dräng (“farmhand”) + sol (“sun”).
=== Noun ===
drängsol c
(then rare, dialect, now obsolete) synonym of månen (“the moon”)
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
pigsol (literally “maid sun”)
=== References ===
“En intressant föreläsning […] [An interesting lecture […] ]”, in Härnösands-Posten (in Swedish), number 74, 31 March 1897, page 2: “Månen till exempel kallades i somliga trakter drängsol och pigsol, på andra håll pignytta, nattsol, o. s. v. ― The moon, for example, was called in some regions "drängsol" (farmhand's sun) and "pigsol" (maid's sun), in other places "pignytta" (maid's delight), "nattsol" (night sun), and so forth.”