villa bort

Swedish

Verb

villa bort (present villar bort, preterite villade bort, supine villat bort, imperative villa bort)

  1. (transitive) to confuse, to mislead
    • 1907, Selma Lagerlöf, Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige [Nils Holgersson's Wonderful Journey Across Sweden]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 24 January 2026:
      Om jag vore som ni, skulle jag inte fara norrut över Småland, utan i stället ta den yttre vägen till Öland, så att han alldeles mister spåret. För att riktigt villa bort honom bör ni stanna ett par dar på Ölands södra udde.
      If I were you, I wouldn't travel north over Småland, but would take the outside route over Öland instead, so that he'll be thrown off the track entirely. To really mislead him, you should stay for a few days on Öland's southern point.
  2. (reflexive) to get lost, to lose one's way
    Sjökaptenen villade bort sig i den täta dimman.
    The sea captain got lost in the thick fog.

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