Re: left?

Hi,
I think the connection actually is in the English verb "let",
like "let it be done", "he let the flag fly", etc.
In Old Norse it is "láta", for example in "láttu mik vera",
(let me be).

It is strange that it is so easy to switsh to "leave"
in English, for example by saying "leave me alone" instead
of "let me be".

In "láttu hann koma inn" (let him come in), the connection
is more clear cut, since you cannot say "leave him come in"!

Regards
Xigung






--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Patricia"
<originalpatricia@...> wrote:

> May I add my two pence Grace,
>
> Hún lét það ósagt. = She refrained from saying it
> Seems to imply leaving it unsaid rather than to cause offence.
>
> Hann lét það ógert. = He refrained from doing it.
> likewise seems to imply an action left simply because the person

mentioned knew darned well it was unworthy of his participation,
better for him to leave someone else to do it and get the blame.

> As I say Grace, that's just my two pence unless we are using Norse

Currency in which case my two kronar

> Kveðja
> Patricia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred and Grace Hatton
> To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 11:30 AM
> Subject: [norse_course] left?
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>
> One could also perhaps translate these as:
> She left it unsaid.
> He left it undone.
>
> Maybe there is an element of left in lét in the sense that

sometimes one

> leaves it u

p to someone else.

>
> Hún lét það ósagt. = She refrained from saying it.
> Hann lét það ógert. = He refrained from doing it.
> Grace
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