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eviga fridsbonin garna

English translation: likely ... in the eternal dwellings of peace

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Swedish term or phrase:eviga fridsbonin garna
English translation:likely ... in the eternal dwellings of peace
Entered by: Paul Lambert

10:48 May 15, 2012
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Old Swedish (ca 1903)
Swedish term or phrase: eviga fridsbonin garna
Likely paraphrased from an even older sermon "ewiga fridsbonin gar".

Handwritten letter from a man in Sweden to his sister in America.

"...måtte få mötas i de eviga fridsbonin garna der ofvan der alldrig gjuts någon tar..."
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 02:21
likely ... in the eternal dwellings of peace
Explanation:
Re the function of "gärna" in this sentence: As an adverb it can mean "willingly", "readily" or "with pleasure", but this context suggests something different. My Norstedt's has an entry under "gärna" that reads "följden blir gärna den ..." = "the consequence (result) is liable to be ... " Thus, the entire phrase when translated would then read something like, "It is likely that we must wait to meet until we reach the eternal dwellings of peace above where no tears are ever shed." A difficult but plausible scenario in times of yore when travel was much tougher and slower than now and immigrants often didn't have the means to return to the old country even for a visit.
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Cynthia Coan
United States
Local time: 17:21
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Thanks, Cynthia.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1The eternal dwellings of peace
Karin Lindqvist
4likely ... in the eternal dwellings of peace
Cynthia Coan


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The eternal dwellings of peace


Explanation:
"De eviga boningarna" is definitely "the eternal dwellings", so this might work.

Karin Lindqvist
Australia
Local time: 09:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Swedish

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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
likely ... in the eternal dwellings of peace


Explanation:
Re the function of "gärna" in this sentence: As an adverb it can mean "willingly", "readily" or "with pleasure", but this context suggests something different. My Norstedt's has an entry under "gärna" that reads "följden blir gärna den ..." = "the consequence (result) is liable to be ... " Thus, the entire phrase when translated would then read something like, "It is likely that we must wait to meet until we reach the eternal dwellings of peace above where no tears are ever shed." A difficult but plausible scenario in times of yore when travel was much tougher and slower than now and immigrants often didn't have the means to return to the old country even for a visit.

Cynthia Coan
United States
Local time: 17:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
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