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"Scarce a mile hence lieth that grim lake. Dank trees overshadow it and no man knoweth its depth, for all shun the gloomy place." ('Beowulf' told to children)
'For all shun' - what does this phrase mean?
paco
Hello, Paco, how are you?
I understand it as "because everybody avoids the gloomy place".
Hello Pieanne
Thank you! I didn't notice 'shun' is a verb. Instead I mistook 'for all shun' as some sort of idiomatic phrase.
By the way it is still hot in Japan though we are now in September. My body is almost dried up by the heat of this too long summer.