drätsel
Swedish
Alternative forms
- dretsel (archaic)
- drätſel, draͤtſel (obsolete typography)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish træsel, dræsel (“treasure”). First attested in 1560.[1]
Noun
drätsel c
- (obsolete) A treasure or treasury.
- Synonyms: kassa, skatt, skattkammare
- (obsolete, by extension) A state's finances.
- Synonym: statskassa
- 1750 May 26, Stockholms Weckoblad, page 2:
- I jemfoͤrelſe mot landets widd, aͤr Konungens draͤtſel ansenlig.
- Compared to the size of the country, the King's treasury is considerable.
- (obsolete) Clipping of drätselkammare (“city treasury department”).
- 1955, Lars Ahlin, Kvinna kvinna, page 92:
- Varje vår köper stadens drätsel två hästar för mudderverket.
- Every spring, the town's treasury buys two horses for the dredger.
Derived terms
- drätselkammare (“city treasury department”)
- drätselverk (“treasure authority”)
References
- drätsel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- drätsel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- Drätsel in Nordisk familjebok (1st ed., 1880)
- Drätsel in Project Runeberg
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