"þegja þunnu hljóði" meaning in Icelandic

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  "etymology_text": "From þegja (“to be quiet, to be silent, to say nothing”) + þunnu (“with thin”) the tækisþágufall (“dative of instrument”) of þunnur (“thin”) + hljóði (“archaic meaning; with hearing”) the tækisþágufall (“dative of instrument”) of hljóð (“archaic meaning; hearing”). Literally meaning \"to be silent with a thin hearing\" meaning \"to be silent with an ear so thin that one can listen well\".\nThe proverb is a reference to (quotation of) the seventh verse of the Hávamál, one of the books of the Poetic Edda.\nthe 7th verse of the Hávamál\n* Hávamál verse 7 in updated (Icelandic) spelling\n*: Inn vari gestur,\n*: er til verðar kemur,\n*: þunnu hljóði þegir,\n*: eyrum hlýðir,\n*: en augum skoðar;\n*: svo nýsist fróðra hver fyrir.\n* English\n*: Let the wary stranger who seeks refreshment\n*: keep silent with sharpened hearing;\n*: with his ears let him listen, and look with his eyes;\n*: thus each wise man spies out the way.\n* English\n*: A guest should be courteous\n*: When he comes to the table\n*: And sit in wary silence,\n*: His ears attentive, his eyes alert:\n*: So he protects himself.\n* English\n*: The knowing guest\n*: who goes to the feast,\n*: In silent attention sits;\n*: With his ears he hears,\n*: with his eyes he watches,\n*: Thus wary are wise men all.",
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        "to hold one’s tongue, to say nothing even though one is divided or not happy about something; to be silent even though one is unreconciled, but be still unreconciled; to keep a watchful silence; to listen in breathless stillness (confer the English open one’s big mouth and bend the truth)"
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