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  • Comparing blurbs for the English and Danish versions of the Hertling book, I find parallel listings "out gunting or dog sledging" / "på jagt - på hundeslædetur".

    languagehat.com: GREENLANDIC FOR SILLY PERSONS. 2004

  • So he took all his money and bought a bigger jagt, and carried klip (or split) fish to the south, from whence they would be sent to Spain.

    Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • The moments seemed like days; presently the vessel gave a great lurch to one side, and Lars had just time to tie Ilda to him as the waves broke over the jagt.

    Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • The jagt had gone down with all Lars's worldly goods; but Ilda was safe and

    Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • The German she read with him -- she loved its loose and violent romance -- came back to his mind: '_Der Tod geht einem zur Seite, fast sichtbarlich, und jagt einem immer tiefer ins Leben. _'

    The Trespasser 1907

  • På trods af bogens titel er det ikke menneskets essens, Dennis og jeg er på jagt efter.

    Blogbot - forsiden 2010

  • Jeg har flere gange været på jagt efter nogle opdatede prognoser af den slags, man ofte kom frem med i 90´erne, der gik på at danskerne på få år vile blive et mindretal som følge af høje fødselsrater blandt indvandrere.

    _Politik 2009

  • Dracula vs. Frankenstein (El Hombre que vino del ummo, Dracula jagt Frankenstein,

    Movies Based on Frankenstein 2010

  • It was hard to give up Norway, but Ilda was willing to do that which was for the best, and quietly filled the big boxes and chests with the linen she had spun herself, and made stout flannel clothes for little Hanne, and said "good-by" to every one she knew, and then they got off as fast as the slow jagt would carry them: off, out of the beautiful fjord with its green banks and snowy-topped mountains, away from the rocks and fjelds so dear to them, on to the broad, the mighty ocean.

    Harper's Young People, January 20, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • The German she read with him — she loved its loose and violent romance — came back to his mind: ‘Der Tod geht einem zur Seite, fast sichtbarlich, und jagt einem immer tiefer ins

    The Trespasser 2003

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  • In Scandinavia, a small single-masted coastal vessel, rigged either with square sails or as a cutter or sloop.

    October 21, 2008