idelig

== Danish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Danish ithelik, ithælic. Consists of id (“effort, deed, act”). Another possible origin is from Old Danish ith- (“repeated action”), idløs, (obsolete) (futile, fruitless). Compare Old Norse iðuligr. === Adjective === idelig (neuter ideligt, plural and definite singular attributive idelige) (dated) continuous, perpetual, incessant ==== Inflection ==== === References === “idelig” in Den Danske Ordbog == Swedish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Swedish idheliker. Most likely cognate of id (“effort”), and thus related to idas, idka, and idog. For some usages interpreted as idel +‎ -ig. Alternatively, derived from Old Swedish ið- (“repeated action”). Compare Old Norse iðuligr, iðugligr, iðurligr. === Adjective === idelig (not comparable) ever, perpetual, incessant ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ideligen === References === “idelig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “idelig”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “idelig”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) idelig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)