A… vagnéva mè̱ndar a mè̱ndar a dumagnavan bigj' [èl] ál , ál spital lèva `l bitg í né tiar miadis .
and become.IMPF.3SG worse and worse and induce.IMPF.3PL NEG 3SG.M to.DEF.M.SG to.DEF.M.SG hospital want.IMPF.3SG 3SG.M NEG go.INF or to doctor.M.PL
And … it became worse and worse and they couldn’t induce [him] to go to the, to the hospital he didn’t want to go, nor to the doctors.' (Sadrún, m4, sec:8.3)