hyss

== Middle English == === Determiner === hyss alternative form of his (“his”) === Pronoun === hyss alternative form of his (“his”) == Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Used at least since 1685. From the verb hyssa, meaning to lift and swing somebody in the air, a variant of hissa. In the 1960s, the word got a renaissance when it was used by Astrid Lindgren to describe the pranks made by Emil i Lönneberga. ==== Noun ==== hyss n a mischievous prank (in the identical plural) mischief, shenanigans ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== pojkstreck skälmstycke spratt upptåg ==== See also ==== hujedamej === Etymology 2 === ==== Interjection ==== hyss shush! Synonyms: tyst, sch === References === hyss in Svensk ordbok (SO) hyss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hyss in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)