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Gir han Kyhn

English translation: Imitating Kyhn/performing as Kyhn


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10:11 Jun 3, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Danish term or phrase: Gir han Kyhn
*Gir han Kyhn*, er han isaer aldeles ikke til at holde ud. Han gaar med Dødsforagt paa sine Motiver, har 8 billeder igang og lader sig ikke forknytte.

The Danish painter K. Zahrtmann, describing another painter he is working with.

All I found is the following source, but it doesn’t seem to fit very well whit the context:

http://www.snl.no/Den_Gud_gir_et_embete,_gir_han_også_forsta...
PPCaserta
Local time: 08:43
English translation:Imitating Kyhn/performing as Kyhn
Explanation:
The sentence before says that Tom Petersen reminds about Edv. Petersen in the way, that they are both good in imitating people (tale efter folk).
"At give" can have the meaning "to perform/play a role" see ODS under give 7.2-7.4 (http://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=give,1)
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TineW
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Local time: 07:43
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Imitating Kyhn/performing as Kyhn


Explanation:
The sentence before says that Tom Petersen reminds about Edv. Petersen in the way, that they are both good in imitating people (tale efter folk).
"At give" can have the meaning "to perform/play a role" see ODS under give 7.2-7.4 (http://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=give,1)

TineW
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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