Difference between revisions of "Het wis if ee newt"

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(New page: * '''It was of a night''' → anticipates line 5 below * '''het was of ie wist:''' (''Dutch'') it was as if he knew it * '''Het:''' (''Russian'') No → using the Cyrillic alphabet...)
 
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Latest revision as of 02:07, 3 July 2020

  • It was of a night → anticipates line 5 below
  • het was of ie wist: (Dutch) it was as if he knew it
  • Het: (Russian) No → using the Cyrillic alphabet, this is how the Russian word for No, usually transliterated as Nyet, looks → Het wis if ee newt = Not wise if he knew it
  • wise
  • wissen (German) to know
  • newt (Macbeth) Eye of newt