Example in German | Translation in English |
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Dies wetze scharf dein Schwert, verwandle Gram in Zorn. | Be this the whetstone of your sword. Let grief convert to anger! Blunt not the heart, enrage it! |
Jetzt wetzt er das Messer, es schneid' schon viel besser ... bald wird er drein schneiden, wir müssen's erleiden. | He whets his knife today, sharp for the foray. Soon he will shear a path. And we must bear his wrath. |
Was wetzest du so eifrig da dein Messer? | Why do you whet your knife so earnestly? |
Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
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Dutch | wetten | English | whet |
Finnish | liipata,sliipata | Icelandic | brýna |
Italian | raffilare | Lithuanian | pustyti |
Polish | obstrzyc |