tør

08:29 May 7, 2013
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Danish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Old Danish psalm
Danish term or phrase: tør
In this context:

Altid frejdig, når du går
veje, Gud tør kende,
selv om du til målet når
først ved verdens ende.
Norskpro
Norway
Local time: 13:47


Summary of answers provided
4by the grace of God
Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland
3allow
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allow


Explanation:
Present tense of the verb 'turde', obviously used in an old form in this lovely old hymn.

Turde today means 'to have the courage to'.

Tricky, but as you may deduct from the quoted web reference, in this old usage, it means that something is allowed. In this hymn, it means that you should always be bold when you walk a path where you have nothing to hide, i.e. you are confident to 'allow' God to know your path.

Scroll down to item 6.2, which includes a reference to the quoted lines from this hymn.


    Reference: http://ordnet.dk/ods/ordbog?query=turde&search=S%C3%B8g
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Denmark
Local time: 13:47
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Gud tør kende
by the grace of God


Explanation:
The stanza is basically saying, May peaceful be the road you travel, by the grace of God, even if you first reach your goal at the end of the world.


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grace+of+God
Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland
Faroe Islands
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