vemod
“vemod” is a Swedish word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- melancholy, sadness (calm, often wistful sadness)
Etymology
From Middle Low German wēmōt, whence also German Wehmut (which see). Analysable as ve (“woe”) + mod (“mood”). See also Old English wéamód (“angry, wrathful”).
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