The Red Line Blues: þóttisk, thought
From: llama_nom
Message: 5111
Date: 2005-04-03
ok þóttisk finna at eigi hafði frama til at ganga fram at hitta hann.
and seemed to find that [he] not possessed courage to go forward to
meet him / who seemed to lack the courage to step forward to approach
him
Sæl Patricia,
'þykkja' "seem"
'e-m þykkir' "it seems to s-one" = "s-one thinks"
'þykkjask' "consider oneself, think that one [is, knows, can see,
etc.]"
So maybe "and he [the king] thought he [the king] detected / perceived
that he [the man] lacked the courage..."
Llama Nom
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