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19:56 Jul 17, 2010 |
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Latin to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Stephen C. Farrand United States Local time: 01:31 | ||||||
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5 +4 | ...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess... |
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...had led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking to excess... Explanation: You've got this part perfectly. But calicum is gen plur depending on curam, "to our people there was the same care for the cups", i.e. "our people had the same love of carousing, and this was no wonder, for the god Thor led the way with his example of vigorous and honorable drinking in excess. He appeared in his own view to excel in this art, as the myth of the 41st part of the Edda teaches. |
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