mysa

From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɪːsa

mysa f (genitive singular mysu, uncountable)

1. whey

From Proto-Germanic *mihswǭ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪːsa/
• Rhymes: -ɪːsa

mysa f (genitive singular mysu, no plural)

1. whey

Attested since 1640. From Danish myse (“squint”) and Norwegian myse (“squint”), ultimately related to Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to close ones lips/eyes”) and μυωπία (myopía, “near-sightedness; myopia”) and English myopic. Compare myssla (“to whistle; to squeak”, archaic, dialectal).^[1][2]

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /ˈmyːˌsa/

mysa (present myser, preterite myste or mös, supine myst, imperative mys)

1. to have it nice and cozy; to enjoy oneself, to feel cozy, etc.

   Katten ligger och myser i solen

   The cat is lying in the sun, feeling cozy

   mysa vid brasan

   cozy up by the fire

   1. to snuggle

      De ligger och myser

      They're snuggled up

      (literally, “They're lying and having it nice and cozy”)

2. (archaic) To smile (with only slight movement of the mouth), particularly as a sign of contentedness or comfort.
   • c. 1670, anonymous author, Bröllops Beswär, section 177:

     (Då) Handtags i hwar oc en wrå, med mysande liuszögde systrar.

     [And thus] hands are shaken in every corner, with contentedly smiling light-eyed sisters.

   • 1835, diaries of Zacharias Topelius, diaries, 2:100

     Sophie Olsson myste på mund, tyckte visst om sig i sin svarta domino.

     Sophie Olsson smiled contentedly and quite liked herself in her black domino.

• mys
• mysig

• mysa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mysa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)