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hoogtenbewiekend

English translation: wing-beating the skies


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Dutch term or phrase:hoogtenbewiekend
English translation:wing-beating the skies
Entered by: burak sengir
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15:20 Jun 15, 2010
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / Annals: the epic poem of Quintus Ennius
Dutch term or phrase: hoogtenbewiekend
"...Hij sloeg de hemel gade vanaf de Aventijn en speurde daar naar het hoogtenbewiekend volk..."
burak sengir
Turkey
Local time: 11:44
wing-beating the skies
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.. searching for the race wing-beating the skies

ik ga ervan uit dat met "volk" het "vogelvolk" wordt bedoeld, namelijk vogels "wieken" en doen dat vaak op grote hoogten

"hoogtenbewiekend" wil dan zeggen "het volk dat hoogten bewiekt"

wiekslag = vleugelslag = wing-beat

wiek = vleugel = wing

wieken: zich op wieken voortbewegen, vliegen

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Local time: 10:44
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wing-beating the skies


Explanation:
.. searching for the race wing-beating the skies

ik ga ervan uit dat met "volk" het "vogelvolk" wordt bedoeld, namelijk vogels "wieken" en doen dat vaak op grote hoogten

"hoogtenbewiekend" wil dan zeggen "het volk dat hoogten bewiekt"

wiekslag = vleugelslag = wing-beat

wiek = vleugel = wing

wieken: zich op wieken voortbewegen, vliegen



Barend van Zadelhoff
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Local time: 10:44
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