var mans niding

== Swedish == === Alternative forms === vars mans niding === Etymology === Calque of Old Norse hvers manns níðingr (“every man's nithing”), i.e., a person despised by all (for their misdeeds or cowardice). === Noun === var mans niding c (historical) an outcast, an outlaw (by extension) a person subject to widespread criticism === References === “niding”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)