[145] Nominative sing. of stem jalakse (fr. jala, foot), the foot or end of a sledge.

[146] 3rd sing. imperf. from taittua, to bend, reflex. form of taittaa (p. 109).

[147] Ablative plur. of lause (stem lausehe).

[148] = oraa, part. sing, of ora, a gimlet.

[149] Part. sing. of vääntiä, an auger.

[150] Accusative sing. of rekonen, dim. fr. reke, a sledge.

[151] = rakentaa (p. 93) 1st infin. with affix of 1st person (p. 187).

[152] Accusative sing. compound word formed from laulu, song, and korja, a basket sledge (Swedish korgsläde).

[153] v. No. 135, 1st infin. with suffix of 1st person.

[154] Adv. now.

[155] Part. sing. of venoinen, dim. of vene, boat.

[156] 2nd sing. imperf. of laittaa, to make ready.

[157] = minulle.

[158] kyllä, adv. much; originally a subst. meaning plenty.

[159] Nominative sing. of tuonettare, from stem tuone, with affix ttare (p. 46).

[160] 3rd sing. pres. of torua, to chide.

[161] 3rd sing. pres. of riidella (stem riitele), to quarrel or be angry.

[162] Nominative sing., a fool.

[163] Part. sing, with affix of 2nd pers. of stem hulluute, folly, derived from hullu (p. 47); for use of part, after oi, v. p. 136.

[164] Nominative sing. of stem miehe.

[165] Gen. sing. of mieli, with affix of 2nd pers. sing.

[166] Part. sing. of stem vähyyte (after oi), formed like hulluus, above, from vähä, little.

[167] Abessive sing. of syy, cause; tauitta (from tauti) is same case.

[168] Allative sing. (after tulet) from maja, a habitation.

[169] Nominative of stem parempa, comp. of hyvä, good.

[170] For constr. v. p. 138.

[171] 1st infin. and root to return, conjugated like luvata.

[172] Adessive plur. of oma, own.

[173] Adessive plur. of maa, land.

[174] Adv. and adj. much.

[175] Part. plur. of stem tullehe (nominative sing. tullut, p. 40), 2nd part. act. of tulla, to come.

[176] Adv. much.

[177] v. 175; this is corresponding form from palata, to return.

[178] Nominative sing., an old woman.

[179] Ablative sing. tie, a way.

[180] = kääntyköön, 3rd sing. opt. of kääntyä, reflex. form of kääntää, to turn.

[181] Nominative of compar. of paha, bad (p. 42), with adv. affix kana. N.B. As ei is indic. and not imper. the line must mean ‘the meanest man will not.’

[182] Nominative sing. stem uroho (p. 38).

[183] Nominative of compar. of untelo, sleepy or dull, from untua, to be sleepy.

[184] 3rd sing. imperf. of viedä (rule 4).

[185] saatella, päästellä are derivative forms from saada, päästä (p. 111).

[186] Abessive of 3rd infin. of kuolla, to die.

[187] Nominative sing. good.

[188] Nominative sing. (gen. emännän), mistress or hostess.

[189] Adessive sing. of tuoppi. The inessive would seem more natural.

[190] Part. sing. of olut, beer, stem olue; cf. kevät, p. 39; for part. v. p. 135.

[191] 3rd sing. of kantaa, to bear.

[192] Adessive sing. of kaksikorvainen, formed of kaksi, two; korva, ear, with adj. ending inen, two-eared or two-handled.

[193] 2nd sing. imperf. of juoda, to drink.

[194] 3rd sing. imperf. of katsoa, to look.

[195] Prep. governing partitive tuoppiansa (p. 204).

[196] Nominative plur. of sammakko, frog.

[197] 3rd sing. (for plural) imperf. of kutea.

[198] Adessive sing. of sisä, interior (cf. p. 214).

[199] = madot, nominative plur. of mato, worm.

[200] = laidoilla, adessive plur. of laita, side.

[201] = mateli (which perhaps should be read), imperf. of madella (sing. for plur.), to creep (connected mato).

[202] Accusative plur. of malja, a cup.

[203] Illative of 3rd infin. of lakkia. For the construction of this and of juomahan, v. p. 192.

[204] 3rd pers. plur. pres. of juopua (p. 111).

[205] Nominative plur. of juoja (p. 45).

[206] Genitive sing. of kannu, a cup, or can.

[207] Nominative plur. of appaja, formed from appaa, to eat or drink greedily.

[208] 3rd plur. pres. of stem katota, 1st infin. kadota, conjugated like koota (p. 104).

[209] Part. of mitä, used adverbially, why.

[210] Part. of kuka, here used like mikä.

[211] Allative plur. (after tulit) of tupa, house.

[212] Adv. before.

[213] Abessive of 3rd infin. of tahtoa, to wish. There is here a confusion of two ideas, without the will of Tuoni and before the bidding of Tuoni.

[214] Ablative plur. of maa, land.

[215] Abessive of 3rd infin. of kutsua, to call.

[216] Inessive of 2nd infin. of veistää, to cut, from veitsi, a knife, v. p. 189.

[217] Part. sing. of uusi (stem uute), new; part. because action was not complete.

[218] Inessive of 2nd infin. of puuhata, like luvata.

[219] 1st pers. sing. of uupua, to fall asleep, to lose; cf. No. 243.

[220] Part. of kolme, three, followed by part. sing. of sana (p. 172).

[221] = peräpää, lit. end-head, i.e. extreme part.

[222] Inessive of 2nd infin. of päätellä, derived from päättää, to finish.

[223] = kokkaa, part. sing. of kokka, prow.

[224] Inessive of 2nd infin. of kohottaa, transitive form of kohota, to swell or rise.

[225] 1st sing. imperf. neg. of saada, with adv. affix kana.

[226] Part. plur. of tuo used after negative.

[227] Ablative plur. of ilma, air. maailma (earth, air) means universe, and the present expression, in which the two elements are declined, has much the same force.

[228] Nominative sing. 2nd part. active of tavata (root tapata), conjugated like luvata; en must be understood with this participle.

[229] 3rd sing. imperf. of pitää (here impersonal, oportere).

[230] Illative of 3rd infin. of saada. N.B. This infin. does not depend on piti, but denotes the purpose of the action; v. p. 192.

[231] Part. plur. of ongelmo (derived from onki), a crooked saying, a riddle.

[232] Illative of 3rd infin. of oppia, to learn.

[233] 3rd. sing. pres. neg. of antaa, to give (p. 69).

[234] Negative form (understand ei) of jaella, derived from jakaa, to divide or distribute.

[235] 2nd pers. sing. concessive negative of päästä (like nousta).

[236] Essive of se.

[237] Essive sing. of ilmoinen, derived from ilma (the open space or air) and apparently meaning long.

[238] Essive of ikä, life. For temporal meaning of essive, v. p. 157. The whole expression apparently means in this long life, i.e. as long as you live.

[239] Illative plur. of koti, home, with affix of 2nd pers. pron.

[240] Illative of 3rd infin. of kulkea, to go.

[241] Allative plur. of maa, land, with affix of 2nd pers.

[242] Illative of 3rd infin. of madella.

[243] 3rd sing. imperf. of uuvuttaa, to tire or throw to sleep.

[244] = uneen, illative sing. of uni, sleep; the illative is used on account of the idea of change of state in uuvutti.

[245] 3rd sing. imp. of panna (like tulla), to put.

[246] 1st infin. of root makata (like lupata), to sleep. The expression panna maata is generally used in an intransitive sense, to go to bed.

[247] Acc. sing. of matkalainen, a traveller, deriv. from matka, journey.

[248] Allative sing. (on account of motion in lying down unto) of compound noun composed of talja and vuode, both meaning skin, or fur.

[249] 3rd sing. pres. of makaella, derivative verb from maata.

[250] Part. sing. of uni.

[251] Derivative verb from ottaa, to take.

[251a] 3rd sing. imperf. of valvoa, to watch. The expression is a proverb, and means he slept with one eye open.

[251b] Nominative sing. of compound adj. formed of käykkä, prominent, and leuka, chin.

[251c] Genitive sing. of compound substantive formed of rauta, iron, and rihma, thread.

[251d] Noun of agency formed with affix ja from kehrätä, to spin.

[251e] Genitive plur. of vaskilanka, compound of vaski, brass, and lanka, twine.

[252] Noun of agency from valaa, to pour or make by casting.

[253] Accusative sing. of satainen, hundred-fold, here meaning complicated or large.

[254] Accusative sing. of nuotta, a large net.

[255] Accusative sing. of tuhantinen; v. satainen, above.

[256] 3rd sing. imperf. of tuuritella, to knit (from tuurittaa).

[257] Essive sing. of , night (p. 157).

[258] Essive sing. of yksi.

[259] Essive sing. of kesäinen, adj. from kesä, summer; kesäisenä, contracted to kesäisnä.

[260] = yhdellä (p. 51).

[261] Adessive sing. of compound subst. formed of vesi, water, and kivi, stone.

[262] Nominative sing. an old man.

[263] Nominative sing. compound of kolme, three (N.B. in compounds the e becomes i), and sormi, a finger.

[264] Genitive plur. of rautaverkko, compound of rauta, iron, and verkko, a net.

[265] Noun of agency from kutoa, to weave.

[266] Genitive sing. of vaskinuotta; v. Nos. 251 and 254.

[267] Noun of agency from valmistaa, to make ready.

[268] 3rd sing. imperf. of kutoa.

[269] 3rd sing. imperf. of tuikutella.

[270] Essive of sama, the same.

[271] Nominative sing. (gen. pojan), a boy.

[272] Compound adj. koukku, a hook, sormi, a finger.

[273] Compound adj. rauta, iron, näppi, finger tip.

[274] 3rd sing. imperf. of vetää, to draw or spread.

[275] Elative sing. of joki, river; alatse, läpi, poikki, yli, sometimes take the elative instead of partitive in the Kalevala.

[276] sekä ... jotta = both ... and, but the third jotta introduces a final sentence with the verb in the indicative, not in the subjunctive, as is more usual.

[277] Illative sing. of vita, crosswise.

[278] Negative pres. of päästää, to let go.

[279] Negative pres. of selvittää, to liberate (from selvä, free or clear).

[280] Essive of kuu, moon.

[281] Genitive sing. of kulta, gold.

[282] Essive of walkea, bright. The meaning of these three words is clearly as long as the moon shines, but their exact relation to each other is a little obscure. Kullan is apparently an attributive genitive belonging to kuun, and the essive is to be taken in a temporal sense. Literally, in the moon of gold shining. Cf. XLIX. 116. Päivä-kullan paistamahan.

[283] Elative plur. of koti, home.

[284] Elative plur. of ikimaja, compound of iki, always, and maja, dwelling.

[285] Compound concessive of tulla; lie = lienee. For use of the concessive in questions, v. p. 177.

[286] Nominative sing. with affix of 1st person.

[287] Compound of hätä, straits or danger, and päivä, day.