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bära svarta strumpor

bära svarta strumpor

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Swedish

Etymology

Literally, “to wear black stockings”. Uncertain semantic origin, but cf. dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk svarthososjuke (“black stockings sickness”) and English wear yellow stockings.

Verb

bära svarta strumpor (present bär svarta strumpor, preterite bar svarta strumpor, supine burit svarta strumpor, imperative bär svarta strumpor)

(idiomatic) To be jealous, green with envy.

Further reading

svartsjuk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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