KYVA, SANA, TWISTA - quarrel, nag, dispute

Basile de Loose - De Kaartspelers, 1868

Cognates:

kijven - dutch
kífa - oldnorse
kiva - swedish

sana, sannia (streiten) - oldfrisian (Richthofen dictionary)
?senna - icelandic
zanken (quarrel) - eastfrisian
sanikje (nag) - frisian
zaniken ,, - dutch

twisten - dutch
zwisten - german
tvista - swedish
twist - english
tvistra - icelandic

Occurrences in OLB (fragment nr.):

KYVA - 1
BIKÍVJA - 9

SANA - 1
SÁNADE - 5

TWIST (noun) - 2,3,4,6,7,8
TWISTA (verb) - 5,10

Related: STRID, TWISPALT, FAITHE, VNÉNES, etc.

Ferdinand De Braekeleer - De echtelijke ruzie, 1870

1 [029/26]
SAHWERSA THÉR SWETHNATA ET SÉMNE KYVA ÀND SANA
VR ENZE SÉKA THA VR LÁND
If neighbours among each other quarrel and dispute
about some cause or piece of land

2 [030/06]
TILTHJU WI NAVT AN TWIST NE KVME NE MÜGE
VR SÉKA. STRIDANDE WITH VSA FRYA SÉDUM.
in order that we may not come into disputes
over causes that are in conflict with our free customs

3 [033/10]
ALSA RIST THÉR TWIST ÀND TWISPALT
there will arise quarrels and discord

4 [056/03]
BUTA ÀND BIHALVA THISSA TWIST
Besides this dispute

5 [056/10]
THAHWÍLA ALLE SÁNADE ÀND TWISTA
While all were nagging and quarrelling

6 [057/12]
THÁ HJA RÉD WÉRON KRÉJON HJA TWIST.
When they were ready they got into a dispute

7 [190/27]
AS TWIST ÀND TVÍSPALT ÀFTERNÉI INNA HÛSHALDNE GLUPTE
When, in consequence, quarrels and disputes arose in the households

8 [200/30]
ALSA WAS THRVCH THA FÍANSKIP THÉRA FÁMNA ÀND THÉRA GOLUM.
FAITHE ÀND TWIST IN OVIR THÀT BERCH.LAND KVMEN
MITH MORTH ÀND BRÔND
Due to the enmity between the Maidens and the Gols,
feud and strife had come into the mountainous land,
bringing with it murder and fire



9 [203/17]
THÀN SKILUN THA SKINNA JOWRE ÉTHLA JO KVMA WEKJA
ÀND JO BIKÍVJA VR JO LEFHÉD ÀND VNDIGERHÉD
The ghosts of your ancestors will come to wake you up
and blame you for your cowardice and carelessness

10 [209/22]
HJA SKOLDE MITH MANLIKÔTHERUM SKOLDUN TWISTA OVIR.ET MÁSTERSKIP
they would quarrel among each other about the reign

BISJOWATH ~ new translation show off

When Teunis wished to return home, he went first towards Denmark; but he might not land there, ...



[056/31]
THAT HÉDE THJU MODER BISJOWATH
dat had de Moeder besteld (Dutch: Ottema, Jensma)
for so the mother had ordered (English: Sandbach, Raubenheimer)
das hatte die Mutter bestellt (German: Wirth)
dat had de Moeder geregeld (Dutch: Overwijn)
dat had de Moeder bestierd (Dutch: de Heer)
det hadde mora vurdert (Norse: Lien)
das hatte die Mutter angeordnet (German: Menkens)

(All translations being more or less the same.)

It was not hard to find a cognate, that explains this mysterious word:

Gtb (Geïntegreerde Taalbank): sjouwen
- Door middel van een sjouw ontbieden
vb:
Dat de Schipper den Zeevoogd aan boord geliefde te sjouwen, dat is, door een scheepszein aan boord te ontbieden (1726)
Bekommering …, wat 'er dog in dat schip te doen mogt wezen, dat de Zeevoogd nog zoo laat op den dag aan 't zelve gesjouwt wierd,
- Een sjouw laten waaien, een sjouw hijschen
vb:
Tsjouwen. Een Vlag in een gerolt, een Tsjouw genaemt, achter af laten waeien, 't geen voor een merckteken streckt, om aen boort (er staat boot) te komen: oock wel een teken van noot (1671)

So in short, it means to signal at sea with flags. This makes perfect sense in the context and is not quite the same as "ordered" or "organised".

"Show" may very well be a modern cognate.

Old English sceawian "to look at, see, gaze, behold, observe; inspect, examine; look for, choose," (...) (source also of Old Saxon skauwon "to look at," Old Frisian skawia, Dutch schouwen, Old High German scouwon "to look at"), (...).

Causal meaning "let be seen; put in sight, make known" evolved c. 1200 for unknown reasons and is unique to English (German schauen still means "look at"). source

I will discuss with my proofreaders what a good translation of the fragment would be. (The Mother had had that signalled with flags?)