brasklapp

Swedish

FWOTD – 30 September 2022

Etymology

Brask +‎ lapp (“note”). From bishop Hans Brask (1464–1538), who is said to have hidden a note with the text "To this I am forced and compelled" under a wax seal, thus avoiding execution.

In the sense of reservation, precautionary measure; attested since 1929.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²braskˌlap/

Noun

brasklapp c

1. a note hidden beneath a wax sigil
   • 1926, Svenskarna i sina ordspråk jämte sju tusen svenska ordspråk‎^[1]:

     Och han har så gott sig göra låtit följt detta visa råd, men icke utan att under sigillet smuggla in en liten Brasklapp: "Hämnden är Herrens, men alltid kan man tukta en fähund."

     And he has as well as he can followed this wise advice, but not without under the sigil conceal a small hidden note: "Vengeance is the Lord's, but one can always chastise a dirty dog."

2. reservation issued as a precautionary measure, sometimes secretly

   Innan bifall vill jag som ordförande lämna in en brasklapp om att jag inte tror på övriga styrelsens gemensamma beslut.

   Before approving, I as chairman wish to make it known that I do not believe in the remaining board's mutual decision.

   (literally, “Before approving, I as chairman wish to submit a Brask note saying that I do not believe in the remaining board's mutual decision.”)

   • 1946, Fredrik Böök, Esaias Tegnér. Senare delen‎^[2]:

     Han drog slutsatsen, att man måste det ena göra och det andra icke låta: de klassiska studierna finge inte uppoffras. Det kan se ut som en brasklapp vid bekännelsen till modernismen och realismen [...]

     He concluded that one must do one thing and not let the other: the classical studies could not be sacrificed. It can look like a precautionary measure at the confession of modernism and realism [...]

Declension

Declension of brasklapp
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	brasklapp	brasklappen	brasklappar	brasklapparna
Genitive	brasklapps	brasklappens	brasklappars	brasklapparnas

Synonyms

• förbehåll

References

• brasklapp in Svensk ordbok (SO)