verdslig

From verden (“world”) +‎ -lig. Compare Swedish världslig, English worldly, German weltlich. Calque of Latin saeculāris, from saeculum (“generation, age, this world”) +‎ -āris.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋaɐ̯d̥sli]

verdslig (neuter verdsligt, plural and definite singular attributive verdslige)

1. temporal, secular, worldly (of or relating to the material world)

• “verdslig” in Den Danske Ordbog

verd (“world”) +‎ -lig, from Old Norse veraldligr

verdslig (neuter singular verdslig, definite singular and plural verdslige)

1. worldly, secular

• verdsleg (Nynorsk)

• “verdslig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.