stadga

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish stadhga, the oblique case of staþge (“position; law”), from staþugher (“steady”). Compare Old Norse stǫð, stǫðva, stǫðugr. Doublet of stadig. === Noun === stadga c steadfastness, steadiness, stability, strength a bylaw (almost entirely in plural) ==== Declension ==== === Verb === stadga (present stadgar, preterite stadgade, supine stadgat, imperative stadga) to make firm, to support to constitute, to regulate, to legislate, to write bylaws (reflexive) settle down ==== Usage notes ==== Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose. ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “stadga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stadga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stadga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) stadga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === gastad