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North Wind Fable

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· Five (moral)

Gloss key
NOM/ACC/GEN/DAT
= case
SG/PL = number
PST/PRS = tense
PTCP = participle
INF = infinitive
CMP = comparative
NEG = eng-
REL = sem
COMP = at
MOD = modal
REFL = reflexive
IPA notes: stress ˈ on the first syllable of each content word; g = [ɣ] except word-initially; f = [v] between vowels; þ = [θ]; ð = [ð]; long (acute) vowels marked ː.

1.

ᛁ᛬ᛊᚠᛁᚾᛞᚢᚱ ᛟᚲ ᛊᛟ᛬ᛚᚢᚱ ᛗᚨ᛬ᛚᚨᚠᛃᚨᚾᛞᛞᛁ ᚺᚠᚨᛏ ᚠᛖᚱᛞᛁ ᛊᛏᛖᚱᚲᚨᚱᛁ᛫ ᚦᚨ᛬ ᛖᚱ ᚠᚨᚱᛗᚨᚾᚾᚢᚱ ᚲᛟᛗᛞᛁ᛫ ᛒᛁᚾᛞᚨᛐ ᛁ᛬ ᛖᛚᛞᛖᚲᛚᚫᛐᛁ᛫

Ísvindur ok sólur málafjanddi hvat verdi sterkari, þá er farmannur komdi, bindað í eldeklæði.

IPA: [ˈiːsˌvindur ɔk ˈsoːlur ˈmaːlaˌfjandːi ˈkvat ˈverdi ˈsterkari θaː ɛr ˈfarˌmanːur ˈkomdi ˈbindað iː ˈeldeˌklæːði]

Ísvind-ur
ice.wind-NOM
ok
and
sól-ur
sun-NOM
mál-a-fjand-di
speech-enemy-PST
hvat
what
ver-di
be-PST
sterk-ari
strong-CMP
þá
then
er
when
far-mann-ur
go-person-NOM
kom-di
come-PST
bind-að
bind-PTCP
í
in
eld-e-klæð-i
fire-garment-DAT

English: “The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak.”

2.

ᚦᛖᛁᚱ ᚨᚢᚷᚨᚠᛁᚾᚾᛞᛁ ᚨᛏ ᛊᚨ᛬ ᛊᛖᛗ ᚠᚣᚱᛊᛏ ᛊᛏᛖᚱᚲᛖᚷᛖᚱᛞᛁ ᚨᛏ ᚷᛖᚱ ᚠᚨᚱᛗᚨᚾᚾᛏ ᚨᚠ ᛏᚨᚲᚨᚾ ᛖᛚᛞᛖᚲᛚᚫᛐᛏ ᛊᛁᚾᚾ᛫ ᛊᚲᚢᛚᚢ ᚺᚢᚷᚠᛖᚱᚨᛐ ᚠᛖᚱᚨ ᛊᛏᛖᚱᚲᚨᚱᛁ ᛖᚾ ᚺᛁᛏᛏ᛫

Þeir augafinndi at sá sem fyrst sterkegerdi at ger farmannt af takan eldeklæðt sinn, skulu hugverað vera sterkari en hitt.

IPA: [ˈθeir ˈauɣaˌfinːdi at ˈsaː sɛm ˈfyrst ˈsterkeˌɣerdi at ˈɣɛr ˈfarˌmanːt av ˈtakan ˈeldeˌklæðt sinː ˈskulu ˈhuɣˌverað ˈvera ˈsterkari ɛn ˈhitː]

Þeir
they
auga-finn-di
eye-meet-PST
at
COMP
sá
that.one
sem
REL
fyrst
first
sterk-e-ger-di
strong-do-PST
at
COMP
ger
make
far-mann-t
go-person-ACC
af
off
tak-an
take-INF
eld-e-klæð-t
fire-garment-ACC
sinn
REFL.POSS
skulu
MOD
hug-ver-að
mind-be-PTCP
vera
be
sterk-ari
strong-CMP
en
than
hitt
the.other

English: “They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other.”

3.

ᚦᚨ᛬ ᚠᛁᚾᛞᛞᛁ ᛁ᛬ᛊᚠᛁᚾᛞᚢᚱ ᛊᚠᚨ᛬ ᛊᛏᛖᚱᚲᛚᛁᚷᚨ ᛊᛖᛗ ᚺᚨᚾᚾ ᛗᚨ᛬ᛏᛏᛁ᛫ ᛖᚾ ᚦᚠᛁ᛬ ᛗᛖᛁᚱ ᛊᛖᛗ ᚺᚨᚾᚾ ᚠᛁᚾᛞᛞᛁ᛫ ᚦᚠᛁ᛬ ᛊᛏᛖᚱᚲᛖᛒᛁᚾᛞᛚᛁᚷᚨ ᛒᛁᚾᛞᛞᛁ ᚠᚨᚱᛗᚨᚾᚾᚢᚱ ᛖᛚᛞᛖᚲᛚᚫᛐᛏ ᛊᛁᚾᚾ ᚢᛗ ᛊᛁᚲ᛫

Þá vinddi ísvindur svá sterkliga sem hann mátti, en því meir sem hann vinddi, því sterkebindliga binddi farmannur eldeklæðt sinn um sik.

IPA: [θaː ˈvindːi ˈiːsˌvindur ˈsvaː ˈsterkliɣa sɛm ˈhanː ˈmaːtːi ɛn ˈθviː ˈmeir sɛm ˈhanː ˈvindːi ˈθviː ˈsterkeˌbindliɣa ˈbindːi ˈfarˌmanːur ˈeldeˌklæðt sinː um ˈsik]

Þá
then
vind-di
blow-PST
ísvind-ur
ice.wind-NOM
svá
so
sterk-liga
strong-ADV
sem
as
hann
he
mátti
could.MOD.PST
en
but
því
the.more
meir
more
sem
as
hann
he
vind-di
blow-PST
því
the.more
sterk-e-bind-liga
strong-bind-ADV
bind-di
bind-PST
far-mann-ur
go-person-NOM
eld-e-klæð-t
fire-garment-ACC
sinn
REFL.POSS
um
around
sik
REFL

English: “Then the North Wind blew as hard as he could, but the more he blew, the more closely did the traveler fold his cloak around him;”

4.

ᛟᚲ ᚨᛏ ᛚᛟᚲᚢᛗ ᛖᚾᚷᛖᛒᛖᚱᛞᛁ ᛁ᛬ᛊᚠᛁᚾᛞᚢᚱ ᚠᛁᛚᚠᛖᚱᚲᛏ᛫ ᚦᚨ᛬ ᛊᛟ᛬ᛚᛞᛁ ᚢ᛬ᛏ ᛖᛚᛞᛚᛁᚷᚨ ᛊᛟ᛬ᛚᚢᚱ᛫ ᛟᚲ ᚦᛖᚷᚨᚱ ᚨᚠ ᛏᚨᚲᛞᛁ ᚠᚨᚱᛗᚨᚾᚾᚢᚱ ᛖᛚᛞᛖᚲᛚᚫᛐᛏ ᛊᛁᚾᚾ᛫

Ok at lokum engeberdi ísvindur vilverkt. Þá sóldi út eldliga sólur, ok þegar af takdi farmannur eldeklæðt sinn.

IPA: [ɔk at ˈlɔkum ˈeŋeˌberdi ˈiːsˌvindur ˈvilˌverkt θaː ˈsoːldi uːt ˈeldliɣa ˈsoːlur ɔk ˈθeɣar av ˈtakdi ˈfarˌmanːur ˈeldeˌklæðt sinː]

ok
and
at lokum
at.last
eng-e-ber-di
NEG-carry-PST
ísvind-ur
ice.wind-NOM
vil-verk-t
will-work-ACC
þá
then
sól-di
shine-PST
út
out
eld-liga
fire-ADV
sól-ur
sun-NOM
ok
and
þegar
at.once
af
off
tak-di
take-PST
far-mann-ur
go-person-NOM
eld-e-klæð-t
fire-garment-ACC
sinn
REFL.POSS

English: “And at last the North Wind gave up the attempt. Then the Sun shined out warmly, and immediately the traveler took off his cloak.”

5.

ᛟᚲ ᛊᚠᚨ᛬ ᛊᚲᚣᛚᛞᛁ ᛁ᛬ᛊᚠᛁᚾᛞᚢᚱ ᚱᛖ᛬ᛏᛏᛖᛗᚨ᛬ᛚᚨᚾ ᚨᛏ ᛊᛟ᛬ᛚᚢᚱ ᚠᛖᚱᛞᛁ ᛊᛏᛖᚱᚲᚨᚱᛁ ᛖᚾ ᚺᛁᛏᛏ᛫

Ok svá skyldi ísvindur réttemálan at sólur verdi sterkari en hitt.

IPA: [ɔk ˈsvaː ˈskyldi ˈiːsˌvindur ˈrɛtːeˌmaːlan at ˈsoːlur ˈverdi ˈsterkari ɛn ˈhitː]

ok
and
svá
so
skyldi
MOD.PST
ísvind-ur
ice.wind-NOM
rétt-e-mál-an
right-speak-INF
at
COMP
sól-ur
sun-NOM
ver-di
be-PST
sterk-ari
strong-CMP
en
than
hitt
the.other

English: “And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.”


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