Den var enten forknytt og underkuet og motløs, eller også frekk og ondskapsfull, - eller også som Sigvard, en fantast, en dikter, som hensank i grublerier og ofte talte i uforståelig poesi.
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It was either disheartened and subdued and discouraged, or also rude and malicious, or also like Sigvard, a fantasist, a poet, who sank into musings and often spoke in incomprehensible poetry.
Translated by markvanroode 258 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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It was either shriveled and subdued and discouraged, or also rude and malicious, or also like Sigvard, a fantasist, a poet, who sank into musings and often spoke in incomprehensible poetry.
Translated by markvanroode 258 4 weeks ago

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Thanks, David.

by markvanroode 3 weeks, 6 days ago

I would prefer "...disheartened and subdued and discouraged,...".

by DavidKenstad 3 weeks, 6 days ago

"It was either shriveled..."
Forknytt means dispirited, faint-hearted, disheartened, cowed, ... that sort of thing.

by DavidKenstad 3 weeks, 6 days ago