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især

adverbadverb

especially, particularly · each separately, each one (chiefly in hver især 'each and every one')

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt, av i og sér, dativ av pronomenet sik ‘seg’; jamfør seghimself, herself, itself, themselves · oneself Old Norse, from i and sér, dative of the pronoun sik 'oneself'; compare seghimself, herself, itself, themselves · oneself

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. hver for seg;
    hver enkelt     separately;
    each individual one
    • ønske hver især en god jul to wish each and every one a merry Christmas
  2. først og fremst;
    særligespecially, particularly · special, particular     first and foremost;
    especiallysærlig
    • de fleste innslagene var morsomme, især det siste most of the acts were funny, particularly the last one