arla

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse árla, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airi. Related to English early.

Adverb

arla (comparative arlare, superlative arlast)

  1. (archaic) early in the morning
    • 1668, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules line 1, in Musæ Suethizantes. Taken from Samlade skrifter av Georg Stiernhielm, 1973, J. Nordström and B. Olsson, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet.
      HERCULES arla stod vpp, en Morgon, i första sin Vngdom
      Hercules arose early, one morning, at the beginning of his youth

Antonyms

  • särla

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