fyrvaktare

Swedish

Etymology

fyr (“lighthouse”) +‎ vakta (“guard”) +‎ -are (“-er”)

Noun

fyrvaktare c

  1. a lighthouse keeper
    • 1971, Contact, “Fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, in Utmarker [Outfields]‎[1]:
      Hon föddes i kostern på väg in mot land, liten och tunn i bränningens kittel. Stormarna hälsade henne till livet, men moderns själ bar de till himlen. Och klockorna sjöng i Dyrö församling. De ringde för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter.
      She was born in the koster [type of wide sailboat] on the way to [on the way in toward] land, small and thin in the cauldron of the surf. The storms greeted her to life, but her mother's soul they bore to heaven. And the bells sang in Dyrö parish. They were ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.

Declension

Declension of fyrvaktare
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fyrvaktare fyrvaktares
definite fyrvaktaren fyrvaktarens
plural indefinite fyrvaktare fyrvaktares
definite fyrvaktarna fyrvaktarnas

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk6_31-6roE

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