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tired of flight

English translation: tired of fleeing

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English term or phrase:tired of flight
Selected answer:tired of fleeing
Entered by: Yvonne Gallagher

11:56 Nov 15, 2019
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: tired of flight
Dear colleagues,

As part of a project I've been working on, I need to translate the following lines:

"The men of Mull were tired of flight;
The Scottish foeman would not fight,
And many an Island girl’s wail
Was heard as through the Isles we sail."

However, I am not sure whether "tired of flight" refers to these men's fatigue due to their long-distance travel, or perhaps to something else.

Thank you in advance.
Elias Marios Kounas
Greece
Local time: 22:03
tired of fleeing
Explanation:
flight here is fleeing from attack, from battle

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Note added at 13 mins (2019-11-15 12:09:45 GMT)
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https://books.google.ie/books?id=w7dJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=P...

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Note added at 17 mins (2019-11-15 12:14:01 GMT)
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they were fleeing from the Vikings it seems here

Look at no. 9 where they attack the Southern Hebrides and 10. Iona
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/12magbar.htm
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 20:03
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4 +5tired of fleeing
Yvonne Gallagher
3 +3tired of fleeing
Sarah Anne Bülow


Discussion entries: 4





  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tired of fleeing


Explanation:
The mentioning of a fight and people wailing suggests a situation of conflict where some people will likely be fleeing from attackers or similar.

See definition no. 3 in the link below.


    https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/flight
Sarah Anne Bülow
Ireland
Local time: 20:03
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: German
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks for your reply!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: snap! I think I got there first (didn't see yours) but was repositioned because I added notes?
37 mins
  -> I think we answered simultaneously! :)
agree  philgoddard: Or maybe they were jetlagged :-)
1 hr
agree  Ali Sharifi
1 hr
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tired of fleeing


Explanation:
flight here is fleeing from attack, from battle

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Note added at 13 mins (2019-11-15 12:09:45 GMT)
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https://books.google.ie/books?id=w7dJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130&lpg=P...

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Note added at 17 mins (2019-11-15 12:14:01 GMT)
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they were fleeing from the Vikings it seems here

Look at no. 9 where they attack the Southern Hebrides and 10. Iona
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/heim/12magbar.htm

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 20:03
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks a lot for your reply!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Anne Bülow
1 min
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Tony M: To answer the second part of Asker's question: they were not 'tired FROM flight' (as they might be tired from working a lot) — 'tired of' is a different expression.
1 hr
  -> Thanks. Yes, of course. 2 entirely different meanings with different prepositions
agree  Ali Sharifi
1 hr
  -> Many thanks:-)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Good references. 'Fight or flight' is a well-known expression in studies of stress.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks. I think the modern term derives from the battlefield idea of stand and fight (and likely die) or flee (to live and fight another day)
agree  Michael Confais (X)
10 days
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