Mar 9, 2009 13:37
15 yrs ago
Swedish term
gruvfrun
Swedish to English
Other
Tourism & Travel
A hotel room in a old mine
Du kan somna till gruvfruns sång
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | the mine wife |
Sven Petersson
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| 4 +1 | Mining Lady |
De Novi
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| 4 +1 | mine sprite or mine nymph |
Gayle Rolando (X)
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| 2 | mine fairy |
valhalla55
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Proposed translations
18 mins
Sven Petersson
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the mine wife
:o)
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Tack :o)"
14 mins
valhalla55
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Native in: Romanian
Works in: Japanese to Norwegian, Japanese to German, Norwegian to Japanese, and 5 more.
+1
23 mins
Mining Lady
Mining Lady/ Mining fairy
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Note added at 24 mins (2009-03-09 14:02:29 GMT)
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the mining lady / the mining fairy..
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Note added at 24 mins (2009-03-09 14:02:29 GMT)
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the mining lady / the mining fairy..
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Kristina Thorne
: the Lady of the Mine...
1 hr
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Thanks, Kristina!
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| neutral |
Thomas Johansson
: Sounds like a lady who works with mining. http://www.bluegrass.nu/page04.html suggests the mine is just where she 'lives'. "Mine lady" would be better.
3 hrs
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+1
35 mins
mine sprite or mine nymph
I think Zanne is on the right track. It seems the spirit associated with the mines is "gruvfrun" - she seem to be a mine sprite or nymph - I have seen another word used "gruvrået", see attched site about bertroll och gruvfrun.
http://www.jarnriket.com/bergsman/ramdokument/26-06_bergtrol...
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Note added at 37 mins (2009-03-09 14:15:06 GMT)
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Sorry - it was Valhalla55 who I thought was right!
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Note added at 38 mins (2009-03-09 14:16:19 GMT)
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And sorry again - I actually have posted the same site as he has! I would just translate a "rå" to be a sprite - ???
http://www.jarnriket.com/bergsman/ramdokument/26-06_bergtrol...
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Note added at 37 mins (2009-03-09 14:15:06 GMT)
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Sorry - it was Valhalla55 who I thought was right!
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Note added at 38 mins (2009-03-09 14:16:19 GMT)
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And sorry again - I actually have posted the same site as he has! I would just translate a "rå" to be a sprite - ???
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Anna Herbst
: In spite of everything, in my book, your suggestions won hands down!
15 hrs
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Thanks Anna!
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