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The following sayings are more difficult to classify :

Röse means to praise; förd signifies a find, something to be carried away; and gyurd is a gift or reward. Hence the meaning conveyed by these expressions is that everyone speak of things as they find them.

This expression is used as a reply to a boastful braggart.