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A SPECIMEN OF THE NABRATIVE STYLE. 



FIRST PART OF A WIDELY KNOWN TRADITIONAL TALE, 



PENNED HY A NATIVE OF GREENLAND. 



(1) Oqaliif/fvaq Q(i<issa(jsb-iik. w'lp (2) hoKjimtc (3) qôrqumc 

 The Tale: Kagsagsuk. East of Nuk at Korqk 



(4) uktveqarttd (5) sikntarant (6) imaerutdlugo 



those who л\-1п1егеа usually were icebound, making it devoid of open 



(7) igdlume iydloqati(/it (8) ibiit atautshnilx 



sea. In a house the housefellows some of them having one 

 {Щ eniigdl'it, nrnâ (\0) nâparame toqiivoq ; ànw kinyorna angutâ 

 son, his mother as she fell sick died; also afterwards his father 



(11) toqnyivoq sule ernhiyvrif (12) mikisnnyvaq (13) iydloqafâfa 

 died still their little son a baby their housefellow 



(14) naydliyinerniU (15) ernersiurtôrû (16) x>erorsunmiavdlugo 



out of mercy made him his fosterson intending to bring him 



(17) ajihiyitsinnarnik (18) atissaqartitdlayulo nerissaqartîpâ 



up; only good clothes making him have and food making him have, 



(19) asanennitdlo anyntisiâta (20) qlarqtmyitdhdnardluyo 

 and out of love his fosterfather letting him feel no cold at all 

 sôrdlo nanymineq qitornane kisa nkiut mardluk qânyinpuf sule 

 just as his own child. At length two winters had passed, still 

 (21) aydJhninyitsoq Msa anyutisiâta {'tl'î) asavdluarungnailerpû 



he not growing a bit larger, at last his fosterfather began ceasing 

 aydlineq (23) ajormat ilàne qajartor- 



really to love him, as he was not good for growing. Once kayak- 

 dlune tiktkame rmliamiuvt n'tnyaysiUeriarame 



ing , as he came home , upon his wife as he began being harsh, 

 oqaiyoqC^i) : unakasik agdlineq (25) ajvkaslypoq — una (26) aytamut 

 he said: that nasty one to grow he is unable — he, on the dust 

 iyeqink! (27) mdiata nàk'ujaluyo iylkmnânyUâ. 



hill throw him! His Avife pitying him would not throw him out. 



