Et skabet Faar fordærver den hele Hjord.One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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Lige Bytte giör mindst Trætte.A fair exchange brings no quarrel.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBedre ingen Lov, end uden Fremgang.Better no law, than law not enforced.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFagert Ansigt faaer Lov nok, dog man selv tier stille.A fair face will get its praise, though the owner keep silent.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFremmed Mad smager altid bedst.Strangers’ meat is the greatest treat.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGod Nabo er bedre end Broder i anden By.A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesI Krig er bedst at binde sin Hest ved fremmed Krybbe.In war it is best to tie your horse to a strange manger.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOnd Qvinde er Fandens Dörnagle.An ill-tempered woman is the devil’s door-nail.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSyn gaaer altid for Sagn.Sight goes before hearsay.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEnhver vil gjerne over Gierdet hvor det er lavest.Every one tries to cross the fence where it is lowest.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBarneryg vil böies i Tide.A child’s back must be bent early.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesSælg ikke Bælgen för du har fanget Ræven.Don’t sell the skin till you have caught the fox.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFyrm og Faste læger mangen Sot.Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesForliigt Venskab er som ilde lægt Saar.Reconciled friendship is like a badly healed wound.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesNaar Ræven prædiker for Gaasen, staaer hendes Hals i vove.When the fox preaches to the goose her neck is in danger.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesLykken gaaer til Dören, spörger om Forsyn er inde.Luck taps at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvor Villie er Ret, der er Loven landflygtig.Where will is right, law is banished.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesHvo som Skalken kiender, han kiöber ham ei.He who knows a knave, makes no bid for him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesGode Ord læge Venne-Saar.Kind words heal friendship’s wounds.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesRavn er fager, naar Raage ei er hos.The raven is fair when the rook is not by.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMan skal ikke svide alt det som loddent er.All hairy skins must not be singed.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAlt Vand vil til Strand, og Pengene til rig Mands Haand.As water runs towards the shore, so does money towards the rich man’s hand.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesEnhver Vind er læk Skib imod.Every wind is against a leaky ship.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources“Frænde er Usle værst,” sagde Ræven, han saae de röde Hunde.”Own kin are the worst friends,” said the fox, when he saw the foxy dogs after him.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione danese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources