återberättades

Återberättades is the past passive singular form of the Swedish verb "återberätta." The verb "återberätta" means to retell or narrate again. Therefore, "återberättades" translates to "was retold" or "was narrated again." It describes an action that happened in the past, where a story, event, or piece of information was recounted by someone or something else.

This grammatical form is used when the subject of the sentence is the thing that was retold, and the focus is on the action of retelling rather than the person or entity doing the retelling. For example, in a sentence like "Historien återberättades av många," it means "The story was retold by many." The passive voice emphasizes the story itself and the fact that it underwent the process of being retold. It is a common construction in Swedish when discussing the transmission of information, folklore, or historical accounts. The passive form avoids specifying the agent of the retelling if that information is not important or known.