American Gods and etymology

Mr. Ibis (about the Vikings in America) They did not yet have a word in their language for "miserable". They would have to invent one.

Me See that's funny, because one of the words for "miserable" in Swedish is "eländig", which originally meant "exiled" or "in a foreign land".

Source: kattahj
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