Translating Shakespeare

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I think Anherop10 is on to something with "hvan filu".
 
Consider Mark 7:36
 
jah anabauþ im ei mann ni qeþeina. Hwan filu is im anabauþ; mais þamma eis  
meridedun.
 
and he charged them to tell no-one; but the more he charged them, the more  
zealously they proclaimed it.
 
The Greek behind all this is
 
 hoson...mallon perissoteron...,
 
which seems to be literally
 
 how greatly...more excessively...
 
But to come to the Gothic version: my tentative understanding of the  
construction is
 
Hvan filu...........mais thamma = how greatly.......more by (or because of) 
 that
 
I am supposing that "thamma" is to be understood either as a dative of  
difference or as instrumental in sense.
 
Gerry T.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 24/10/2013 23:29:14 GMT Daylight Time,  
anheropl0x at gmail.com writes:



I found another thing  in the same book, under mais. "hvan filu... mais 
þamma" "the more... so much  the more". I don't think this is the best example, 
but could hvan be a/the  key? 



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