törhända

Swedish

Etymology

Compound of tör +‎ hända or Late Old Swedish thor hænda.

Adverb

törhända (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) perhaps
    Synonym: kanske
    • 1911, Verner von Heidenstam, Svenskarna och deras hövdingar II [The Swedes and their Chieftains II]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 17 September 2025:
      Törhända [drog] i den stunden hågkomster från ungdomen genom hans själ.
      Perhaps, in that moment, memories of his youth swept through his soul.

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