Meaning of redsel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. fear, dread; horror (a strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion or feeling caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
   masculine, uncountable
2. a fear, dread; horror (a sense of fear induced by something or someone)
   countable, masculine

Examples

“rædsel for straf og dom”

fear of punishment and judgment

“jeg har en rædsel for al denne skikkelighed!”

I have a fear that this decency!

“[hun] stirrer på ham i målløs rædsel”

[she] stares at him in speechless horror

“spil er ikke overmot, det er ikke engang mot, det er rædsel”

games are not courage, it is not even courage, it is fear

“Inger avviste denne tanke med rædsel”

Inger rejected this thought with horror

“et øyeblikk følte han en lammende redsel”

for a moment he felt a paralyzing fear

“jeg glemmer aldri redselen i øynene dine da jeg fortalte deg at jeg var gravid”

I will never forget the fear in your eyes when I told you I was pregnant

“skal denne mur mine tanker slaa, saadan med sne-is og rædsel staa”

let this wall strike my thoughts, so with snow-ice and horror stand

“hvad siger du? O, rædsel!”

what do you say? Oh, horror!

“der vil komme en rædselens tid over landet”

there will come a time of horror over the land

“ville må du stærk og glad igennem alle rædslers rad”

would you have to be strong and happy through the wheel of all horrors

“det var en rædsel at høre”

that was dreadful to hear

“[jeg svermer for] ægteskabet med alle dets rædsler”

[I swarm for] marriage with all its horrors

“krigens redsler”

the horrors of war

“redslene fra Flanderns skyttergraver og Atlanterhavets ubåter”

the horrors of Flanders' trenches and Atlantic submarines

“redslene under en brann i byen”

the horrors of a city fire