/²ɕʉːsa/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish kiusa, from Old Norse kjósa, from Proto-Germanic *keusaną (“to taste, choose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwseti, from *ǵews- (“to taste, try”). Cognate to English choose. The spelling is unetymological and was changed in the 17th century. A modern spelling kjusa would otherwise be expected.
- to charm (so as to (try to) make enchanted, romantically or otherwise)
“tjusa damer” — charm / woo ladies [old-fashioned]
- to enchant
“tjusa publiken” — enchant the audience [like above, but non-romantically]
- to beguile (when in a deceptive way)
- to bewitch
“O I oförståndighe Galater / Hoo haffuer kuset idher / at j icke skullen lydha sanningenne?[…]
(pre-1906 spelling) O, I oförståndige Galater, ho hafver kjust eder, att I icke skullen lyda sanningene? [” — O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, […]
Formertjusar(present) · tjusade(preterite) · tjusat(supine) · tjusa(imperative) · tjusa(active, infinitive) · tjusas(infinitive, passive) · tjusat(active, supine) · tjusats(passive, supine) · tjusa(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · tjusen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · tjusar(active, indicative, present) · tjusade(active, indicative, past) · tjusas(indicative, passive, present) · tjusades(indicative, passive, past) · tjusa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · tjusade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · tjusas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · tjusades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)