See må in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "[…] wishing that we after this sad and arduous life, following God's will may find and meet each other in the heavenly and imperishable, by God for us, prepared life and joy.",
"ref": "1885, Carl G. Starbäck, Per O. Bäcström, Berättelser ur svenska historien, Fjerde bandet. Gustaf II Adolf, Konungen tager afsked af ständerna, page 276:",
"text": "[…] önskandes att vi efter detta usla och mödosamma lifvet efter Guds behag måga finnas och möta hvarandra i det himmelska och oförgängliga hos Gud oss beredda lifvet och glädjen.",
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"english": "Never may we call our destiny hard,\nwe who own warmth and food!\nMany are without and have it hard -\nmost peaceful have the dead.",
"ref": "1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, I timmerkojan på Sami:",
"text": "Aldrig må vi kalla vårt öde hårt,\nvi som äga värme och föda!\nMånga äro utan och hava det svårt -\nfridsammast hava de döda.",
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"english": "May the black, salty waters cool cheeks feverishly red. May we be miles [tens of kilometers] from [the] life before the morning is full. Not of this world I was and endless hardship I suffered for my anxiousness [disquietude (restlessness, etc.) or worry], unbelief [religious doubts] and my hot love's sake.",
"ref": "1972, “Omkring tiggarn [tiggaren] från Luossa [Around the beggar from Luossa]”, in Dan Andersson (lyrics), Gunde Johansson (music), Våra vackraste visor Vol. 2 [Our most beautiful songs Vol. 2], performed by Hootenanny Singers:",
"text": "Må de svarta, salta vatten svalka kinder feberröda. Må vi vara mil från livet innan morgonen är full. Ej av denna världen var jag och oändlig vedermöda led jag för min oro, otro och min heta kärleks skull.",
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{
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{
"english": "[…] wishing that we after this sad and arduous life, following God's will may find and meet each other in the heavenly and imperishable, by God for us, prepared life and joy.",
"ref": "1885, Carl G. Starbäck, Per O. Bäcström, Berättelser ur svenska historien, Fjerde bandet. Gustaf II Adolf, Konungen tager afsked af ständerna, page 276:",
"text": "[…] önskandes att vi efter detta usla och mödosamma lifvet efter Guds behag måga finnas och möta hvarandra i det himmelska och oförgängliga hos Gud oss beredda lifvet och glädjen.",
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"english": "Never may we call our destiny hard,\nwe who own warmth and food!\nMany are without and have it hard -\nmost peaceful have the dead.",
"ref": "1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, I timmerkojan på Sami:",
"text": "Aldrig må vi kalla vårt öde hårt,\nvi som äga värme och föda!\nMånga äro utan och hava det svårt -\nfridsammast hava de döda.",
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"english": "May the black, salty waters cool cheeks feverishly red. May we be miles [tens of kilometers] from [the] life before the morning is full. Not of this world I was and endless hardship I suffered for my anxiousness [disquietude (restlessness, etc.) or worry], unbelief [religious doubts] and my hot love's sake.",
"ref": "1972, “Omkring tiggarn [tiggaren] från Luossa [Around the beggar from Luossa]”, in Dan Andersson (lyrics), Gunde Johansson (music), Våra vackraste visor Vol. 2 [Our most beautiful songs Vol. 2], performed by Hootenanny Singers:",
"text": "Må de svarta, salta vatten svalka kinder feberröda. Må vi vara mil från livet innan morgonen är full. Ej av denna världen var jag och oändlig vedermöda led jag för min oro, otro och min heta kärleks skull.",
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"indicative",
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"indicative",
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"past",
"plural"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"subjunctive"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
"present",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"passive",
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"subjunctive"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present"
]
},
{
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"english": "I am fine. How are you?",
"text": "Jag mår bra. Hur mår du?",
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},
{
"english": "I feel sick",
"text": "Jag mår illa",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The Polish army suffered enormously from the strong winter cold, while the Swedes felt like pearls in gold.",
"text": "Den polska hären led oerhördt af den stränga vintern, under det svenskarne mådde som pärlor i guld. (archaic language and spelling)",
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[
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"be"
]
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{
"rhymes": "-oː"
}
],
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}
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