löje

== Swedish == === Etymology === Old Swedish löghe, from Old Norse hlœgi (“ridicule”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōgijaną (“to make laugh”), from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną (“to laugh”). Compare Danish løjer, Icelandic hlægja. === Noun === löje n contemptuous glee (at something or someone considered ridiculous), ridicule (obsolete) a smile, a grin le ett litet, svagt löje smile slightly (faintly), give a slight (a faint; the ghost of a) smile Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, part 1, chapter 28 Dolly kunde med möda hålla tillbaka ett löje. Dolly could scarcely suppress a smile. (obsolete) laughter (obsolete) merriment Swedish lyrics 1821 by Bernhard Crusell to the aria Non più andrai, from Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro (1786); Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Säg farväl, lilla fjäril, åt nöjen, / åt kurtiser, åt lekar och löjen! Bid farewell, little butterfly to joys / to flirtations, games and merriments. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms for obsolete senses ==== leende skratt munterhet ==== Derived terms ==== ett löjets skimmer (“an air of mockery”) ==== Related terms ==== hånlöje löjeväckande löjlig åtlöje === References === löje in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) löje in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964) “löje”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “löje”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “löje”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)