Re: [GEN-BENELUX] Maaien van heide

Jan B wrote on 02 nov 2011 in soc.genealogy.benelux:

'en mit hem doer die finger sach' is an expression. The modern
writng is: 'Iets door de vingers zien' It is a dutch proverb meaning
not punishing something illegal.

"Condoning something".
<http://translate.definitions.net/condone>

In "modern" legalistic Dutch: "Iets gedogen".


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