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idel

“idel” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. empty, void

adverb

  1. nothing but, constant, just

Etymology

From Middle Low German idel (“empty, pure, vain”). Compare English idle (“empty, vacant”), German eidel (“empty, vain”).

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