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NOTES 95
70. slåss. The reduplication of the s in slås is limited
to the reciprocal and the absolute passive form denoting
habit or characteristics, thus, slås ned, to be beaten down,
but pojkarna slåss, the boys fight, or as in the context. The
vowel is shortened in either case.
11. Täljer sin ålders stav, recounts the events of his past
life (by the marks in his staff), or simply, carves his staff
(a staff for his old age). The ambiguity results from the
double meaning of tälja (1. to tell, narrate, recount; 2. to
carve, whittle).
ESAIAS TEGNÉR.
FLYTTFÅGLARNA.
5... föttren, like händren, an old definite plural now
peculiar to poetry.
Ur SPRÅKEN.
9. The regular modern word here would be drives, of
driva (to run, operate), bedriva being no longer used in
this sense.
19. friskt, in addition to the sense of promptness, has
that of freshness, thus apparently anticipating the effect of
tvätta. Tegnér delights in picturesque ambiguities, not
readily analyzed, but calling to mind two ideas at the same
time. Cf. notes on 150 and 193 (Vid Svenska akademiens
femtiåra minneshögtid).
SÅNG TILL SOLEN.
34. från is redundant, being implied in vadan, meaning
varifrån. Regular construction: var kommer du från?
40. The gender of tron, variably feminine or masculine,
is now designated as real-maskulinum, i. e., common gender
requiring the masculine pronoun of reference.
54. The infinitive (att stanna), implied in Swedish, must
here be expressed in English.
92. taga slut is the idiom.
KARL XII.
22. En ny Aurora, a delicate, though not accurate
compliment to Aurora von Königsmark, through whom in 1702
August IL of Poland sought in vain to make overtures for
peace, King Charles refusing the charming adventuress an
audience. The poetic attribute "golden-haired” is said not
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