Harry Potter Series Swedish Vocabulary Part Three
att flämta (v): to gasp (in this context; there are other ways to use this word)
att darra (v): to tremble
häpnadsväckande (adj): astonishing
spetsnäsduk (n): lace handkerchief
att snörvla (v): to snuffle, to sniff
visare (n): hands (of a clock)
klokt (adj): wise, sensible
att anförtro (v): to entrust
motvilligt (adj): reluctant
mullrande (adj): rumbling
billyktor (n): headlights (literally car lamps)
jättelik (adj): gigantic, enormous, colossal
grensle (adj): astraddle, astride
trassliga (adj): entangled
yvigt (adj): bushy, wavy and all “woo woo” when talking about hair, according to a Swede.
ett filtbylte (n): a bundled blanket (literally a blanket bundle)
att förstöra (v): to destroy
en blixt (n): a lightning bolt
att få det överstökat (v): to get it over with
famnen (n): arms, embrace
tog Harry i famnen, took Harry into his arms
stickiga (adj): prickly, stubby
polisonger (n): whiskers (on a person)
ett tjut (n): a shriek, a yell, a howl
fläckig (adj): spotted, stained
NOTE: At this point Hagrid is talking and the text, like in the English version, conveys his accent by changing how words are spelled to be more phonetic. Å in this case means och, and e means är.
skärp dig: get it together, literally tighten you[rself]
att upptäcka (v): to discover, to detect
översta trappsteget: the top step
häftigt (adj): in this case they mean heavily or violently, but this word is very often used in everyday speech to mean cool or awesome.
kvävd (adj): smothered, muffled
ljuskulor (n): lightbulbs
bläcksvarta (adj): ink-black
tjuvnyp (n): a sneaky pinch
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Welcome to my new vocabulary list series! I will be going through the Harry Potter books and making vocabulary lists with the peculiar and magical words that make the HP world so enchanting!
Any requests, comments, suggestions (especially on how to make the lists more visually appealing and clear), please send them to me in a private message! I love to hear from people :) Like this list? Let me know!
In order to read this book, it is recommended that you already know how things like verb conjugation and adjective agreements work in Swedish. If you want some posts made about that, let me know!
If you would like to read along, I am using Harry Potter och De Vises Sten, hardcover, översättning av Lena Fries-Gedin, 1997. You can use any version, however, as I’ve listed the words in the order they appear, so ultimately page number does not matter.
End of chapter one! Good job and happy reading, everyone!
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