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besatt

“besatt” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. obsessed
  2. possessed (by the Devil or a demon or the like), (and thereby) mad, crazy
  3. someone possessed, a maniac

Etymology

Old Swedish besatter. But having the same meaning as Middle Low German besetten and German besessen, which are past participle of besitzen, Swedish besitta, just like Latin obsessus.

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