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Comment le saluroye, quant point ne le congnois?

English translation: "how would you greet him when you don't (even) know him?"

18:59 Jan 1, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: Comment le saluroye, quant point ne le congnois?
From A Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Rebecca
English translation:"how would you greet him when you don't (even) know him?"
Explanation:
This is old French (probably around 16th century). That these are 2nd person conditional forms is just a guess. "Saluer", like in modern French, means "to greet".
"Congnoistre" = modern French "connaître", "to know" (see Robert Estienne's Dictionarium latinogallicum, 1552, ref. 1, and Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue francoyse, tant ancienne que moderne, 1606, ref. 2)
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Branka Arrivé
Local time: 11:42
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Thanks a lot. I did not realize it was Old French. It's no wonder I had trouble translating it!
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na"how would you greet him when you don't (even) know him?"
Branka Arrivé


  

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"how would you greet him when you don't (even) know him?"


Explanation:
This is old French (probably around 16th century). That these are 2nd person conditional forms is just a guess. "Saluer", like in modern French, means "to greet".
"Congnoistre" = modern French "connaître", "to know" (see Robert Estienne's Dictionarium latinogallicum, 1552, ref. 1, and Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue francoyse, tant ancienne que moderne, 1606, ref. 2)


    Reference: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/ESTIEN...
    Reference: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/ARTFL/projects/dicos/TLF-NI...
Branka Arrivé
Local time: 11:42
PRO pts in pair: 23
Grading comment
Thanks a lot. I did not realize it was Old French. It's no wonder I had trouble translating it!
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