Meaning of nõder | Babel Free

Definitions

1. feeble, frail, weak, infirm
2. sickly, valetudinarian
3. senile, decrepit

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Examples

“Küll tean, küll mõistan, palju oleks / Sul pärida ſu poja käeſt, / Küll tunnen, mis mul teha tuleks, / Kuid käevars on nõder wäeſt.”

I know, I understand, how much / thou oughtest to ask thy son, / I know what I ought to do, / yet the arm is weak.

“Ja kus näib teine nõdrem ees, / seal iga kergatski on mees!”

And where someone else seems before you seems to be more feeble, there even every coxcomb is a man!

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