hedenhös

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish hedhnom hø̄s, heydhin hø̄s, equivalent to heden (“heathen”) + hös, where hös is probably a case of hög. From Old Norse *frá heiðnum haugi. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk frå heidnom haugom (“in old times”), heidenhaug (“pagan tumulus”) and Danish hedenhøs. === Noun === hedenhös (somewhat dated, in some expressions) heathen times (somewhat dated, in some expressions, figuratively) a long, long time ago, time immemorial Synonym: urminnes tider (“time immemorial”) ==== Usage notes ==== Somewhat rare. Likely only recognized by many native speakers from the title of the children's book series Barna Hedenhös (The Hedenhös children). === References === “hedenhös”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “hedenhös”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “hedenhös”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)