parahus
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- Archaic form of parhaus.
- 1544, Mikael Agricola, Rucouskiria[1], Ps. 90:10:
- Ja coſca ſe parahus on ollut / nin ſe on Tuſca ia toͤoͤ ollut
- [Ja koska se parahus on ollut, niin se on tuska ja työ ollut]
- Yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow
- (literally, “And when [we] have had the best [of them], it has been Suffering [sic] and work”)
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