ABSTRACT
From the Old Danish syk-, syuk-, siukdom, Old Norse sjúkdómr. The lexical meaning of the Danish word is the state of being sick or the suffering induced by this state. It is ordinarily used in the sense of a poor state of health or also in the sense of being in an abnormal state, especially for emotional reasons. Sickness also has the meaning of a weakness or oddity in a person’s character.1
