Meaning of betydede | Babel Free

Definitions

past of betyde

archaic, form-of, past

Examples

“Den Tidsalder, i hvilken Holberg levede, det var, som De véd, Enevældens Tid, men det, som Enevælden i Virkeligheden betydede, hvor den betydede noget,”

The age in which Holberg lived was, as you know, the time of absolute monarchy, but that which absolute monarchy really meant, where it meant anything,

“Herved bestyrkes end mere den Formodning, at Rum overhovedet betydede Pladsen for Mandskabets Ophold;”

Hereby, the presumption that space meant space for the crew to be, was strengthened;

“Deri tales om dets Tjenestemænd og Vordnede, hvilket tjener til at bevise Rofod Ankers Forklaring over dette Ord i de gamle Tider, at det kun betydede Personer, som stode under andres Beskyttelse og Værge, og ingenlunde i den Mening som det i senere Tider brugtes i Danmark,”

Herein, its servants and charges are discussed, which serves to prove Rofod Ankers explanation of this word in the old times, that it simply meant persons who stood under the protection of others, and not at all in the sense that it was, in later times, used in Denmark,

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