mandom

From man +‎ -dom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændəm/

mandom (uncountable)

1. (dated) mankind
   • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:

     Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.

• mod man

From Old Swedish mandomber, equivalent to man +‎ -dom. Compare Danish manddom.

mandom c

1. manhood (state of being a man)
2. manhood (euphemism of male genitalia)
3. (rare) bravery, courage

   Synonyms: mannamod, tapperhet

4. (dated) (incarnation in) human form

   Han tog mandom.

   He took human form.

   • 1891, Viktor Rydberg, Vapensmeden [The Armorer]‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Lars [...] kände som om hans ord tagit mandom och [stod] framför honom.

     Lars felt as if his words had taken human form and stood before him.

   • 2009, Bengt Pohjanen, “Den nicenska trosbekännelsen [The Nicene Creed]”, in Kristi förklarings ortodoxa kyrka‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Jag tror på [...] en enda Herre, Jesus Kristus, [...] som för oss människor och för vår salighets skull har stigit ner från himmelen och tagit mandom.

     I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, who for us human beings, and for the sake of our salvation, has come down from heaven and taken human form.

• mandomsprov
• mandomsanammelse

• mandom in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker