Wight is a Middle English word for a creature or a living being, especially a human being. In modern English today, it is also used in fiction for human-like creatures. Wight derives from the same root as forms of to be, such as was and were. Modern German "Wicht" is a cognate, meaning "small person, dwarf", and also "unpleasant person"; in Low German it means "girl". It is not related to the English word "witch".
Ser de ut så här kanske?
Tack Wikipedia för den fina beskrivningen!
Här kommer nästa ord - håll i er!
cra·ven /ˈkreɪvən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[krey-vuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1.
cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. –noun
2.
a coward. –verb (used with object)
3.
to make cowardly. —Idiom
4.
cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
–adjective
1.
cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. –noun
2.
a coward. –verb (used with object)
3.
to make cowardly. —Idiom
4.
cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up.
Två till kan ni få - för att jag är snäll...
Grumkin och snark
Så här står det i boken:
“Oh, gods,” he said, choking on his laughter and shaking his head, “I suppose I do rather look like a grumkin. What does he do to snarks?”
Jag vill gärna ha anglofilhjälp med dessa två ord i det sammanhanget för jag har inte hittat vad de betyder. Det närmaste är:
The Snark is the fictional monster that Lewis Carroll created in his nonsense poem The Hunting of the Snark. His descriptions of the creature were, in his own words, unimaginable, and he wanted that to remain so.
Inga kommentarer:
Skicka en kommentar