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Meaning of sildig | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

late

obsolete

Examples

“Indskriften sees her at være temmelig afvigende fra de af ham sildigere bekjendtgjorte Tegninger.”

The inscription is here seen to be rather deviant from those drawings he published more lately.

“... at det var i de sildigere Tidsrum af hans Liv, at hans Studeremaade tog en anden Vending ...”

... that it was in the latter time-periods of his life that his manner of studying took a different turn ...

“Drukner først Barnet, og Haabet er Ude, / Fyldes Brønden for sildig med Leer; / Løser først Døden den Syge hans Knude, / Hjelpe ei Medicamenterne meer, / For sildig man / Giør da Modstand, / Naar som at Skandsen er Fienden i Haand.”

As soon as the child drowns, and hope is dead, / The well is filled with clay too late; / As soon as Death unfastens the knot of the sick person, / The medicines are no longer any use / Too late, one / Then resists, / As when the earth-wall has been surmounted by the enemy.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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