Citations:synnyinmaa

Finnish citations of synnyinmaa

Noun: "homeland, fatherland"

• 1867 [1848], J[ohan]. L[udvig]. Runeberg, translated by Julius Krohn, Anders Törneroos et al., Wänrikki Stoolin Tarinat [The Tales of Ensign Stål], volume 1, number 1, Helsinki: J[ulius]. Krohn (Theodor Sederholm's Printing House), translation of Fänrik Ståls sägner (in Swedish), →OCLC, page 1, lines 1-2:

  Oi maamme, Suomi, ſynnyinmaa,
  Soi ſana kultainen!

  [original: Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
  Ljud högt, o dyra ord!]

  Our land, our land, our Fatherland!
  Ring out, dear word, oh sound! (Trans. from Swedish original by Anna Krook, 1904.)