fordrage

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fordrage

  1. (dated) tolerate, suffer, accept
    • 1789, P.Fr Suhm, Samlede Skrifter, page 190:
      Sabina fordrager ikke, at hendes Mand seer paa et andet Fruentimmer, langt mindre, at han taler eller gaaer med det.
      Sabina does not suffer her man to look at another lady, much less him speak to or walk with her.
    • 1767, Knud Leem, Beskrivelse over Finmarkens Lapper, deres Tungemaal Levemaade ... oplyst ved mange Kaaberstykker: med J. E. Gunneri Anmoerkninger; og E. J. Jessen-s ... Afhandling om de Norske Finners og Lappers Hedenske Religion (De Finnorum Lapponumque religione pagana), page 503:
      En, som havde skudt en Bjørn, fordrog ikke, at nogen efter den Dag skulde gaae bag hans Ryg.
      Someone who had shot a bear did not tolerate anyone walking behind his back after that day.
    • 1744, Hans Egede, Omständelig og udførlig Relation, Angaaende Den Grønlandske Missions Begyndelse og Fortsættelse: Tredie Continuation af Relationerne Betreffende Den Grønlandske Missions Tilstand Og Beskaffenhed, Forfattet i Form af en Journal Fra Anno 1739 til 1743, page 19:
      ... da jeg udvaldte mig den fornemste som havde de fem, blev de andre noget fortrydelige der over, og sagde, havde du kommet til mig skulle du have faaet ligget hos hvilken af mine Koner du vilde, thi jeg har aldrig været Jaloux men jeg betakkede mig for hans Godhed og sagde at det var ikke anstændigt, den GUD jeg ærede, og talede om, fordrog ikke saadandt.
      ... when I chose the highest-status of them , the one who had five , the others became somewhat irate, and said, had you come to me, I would have let you lie with any of my wives you desired, for I have never been jealous, but I thanked his kindness and said that it was not proper, the GOD I honoured and spoke of did not tolerate that sort of thing.

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