ABSTRACT
Edifying Discourse (opbyggelig Tale-noun); Deliberation (Overveielse-noun); Sermon (Prædiken-noun)
Corresponding to the German erbaulich, the Danish adjective opbyggelig (“edifying”) is derived from the verb opbygge, which is a compound term formed from the prefix op-(“up”) and bygge (“build”), and is sometimes translated as “upbuilding.”1 The word Tale, from the Old Danish talæ, refers primarily to speech, but often, as in this case, denotes a type of formal address or discourse.2 The words Overveielse3 (deliberation) and Prædiken4 (sermon) correspond both in meaning and use to their English counterparts.
