On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:40 AM, llama_nom <600cell@...> wrote:
> og komst í skotfæri við hann og skýtur til hans
spjóti og í gegnum hann.
> and he came into shot-range of him and he shot at him and the
spear went through him
'skjóta' "to shoot, throw; thrust" takes dative for the missile, so
literally "and throws a spear at him and through him", which we could
paraphrase as "and throws a spear at him, piercing him", or something
like that.
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