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Etymology

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From Old Norse árla, from Old Norse ár, from Proto-Germanic *airi. Related to English early.

Adverb

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arla (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) early in the morning
    i arla morgonstund
    bright and early
    (literally, “in early morning-moment”)
    • 1649, Jacobus Petri Chronander, Bele-Snack, Eller Een Ny Comœdia, page 25:
      Hon är tigh bättre än Guld och Pärla,
      Sitt hws achtar hon ärla och särla.
      She is better than Gold and Pearl,
      She attends to her house early and late.
    • 1668, Georg Stiernhielm, Hercules line 1, in Musæ Suethizantes. Taken from Samlade skrifter av Georg Stiernhielm[1], 1973, J. Nordström and B. Olsson, Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet.
      HERCULES arla stod vpp, en Morgon, i första sin Vngdom
      Hercules arose early, one morning, at the beginning of his youth
    Antonym: särla

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