ömsom

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ymsom, from ýmsum, dative plural form of Old Norse ýmiss (“various”). Attested in the form umisum on the Rök runestone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈœmˌsɔm/

Adverb

ömsom

  1. (usually repeated) sometimes, at times, alternately, by turns (in one set of instances (that alternate (and contrast) with other instances))
    Spelet är ömsom alldeles för lätt, ömsom fullständigt omöjligt.
    The game is sometimes far too easy and sometimes completely impossible.
    Jag blev ömsom rörd, ömsom äcklad och ömsom förbannad av filmen.
    I was alternately touched, disgusted, and angered by the movie.
    ömsom vin, ömsom vatten
    both good and bad elements
    (literally, “sometimes wine, sometimes water”)
    • 2018, Johanna Frid, Nora eller brinn Oslo brinn, Ellerströms, →ISBN, page 51:
      Vi lånade en bil och hämtade mina saker som var nedpackade i lådor som hade stått ömsom i folks källare, ömsom i förråd till bostäder där jag själv bott kortvarigt, i över ett år.
      We borrowed a car and collected my belongings, which had been packed away in boxes stored at times in people's basements, at times in storage rooms of flats where I had lived for short periods, for more than a year.

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