KLPNO
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Hello everyone,
From the book Assassin.
Geirmund peered in to the woods, which were already twilight-dim that late in the afternoon and darkening still. The open, lowland groves of oak had long since given way to dense, mountain forest in which all manner of beasts could hide. Black trunks of pine and birch stood in silent, vanishing array, the posts of a hall into which Geirmund and his brother had not been invited. No hearth or soapstone lanterns burned there, and if such a hall had a king or a chieftain, be it troll or spirit, that ruler would offer them no protection.
As far as I know, "vanish" means more or less the same as "disappear."
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/vanish
1to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained
2 to suddenly stop existing
As I understand, the black trunks of trees looked like columns or posts (hence, array - agroup of things or people), but what is meant by "vanishig array"?
My own guess: these rows of trees (probably two rows) were very long and when you looked at them they seemed to disappear in the distance.
Thank you
From the book Assassin.
Geirmund peered in to the woods, which were already twilight-dim that late in the afternoon and darkening still. The open, lowland groves of oak had long since given way to dense, mountain forest in which all manner of beasts could hide. Black trunks of pine and birch stood in silent, vanishing array, the posts of a hall into which Geirmund and his brother had not been invited. No hearth or soapstone lanterns burned there, and if such a hall had a king or a chieftain, be it troll or spirit, that ruler would offer them no protection.
As far as I know, "vanish" means more or less the same as "disappear."
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/vanish
1to disappear suddenly, especially in a way that cannot be easily explained
2 to suddenly stop existing
As I understand, the black trunks of trees looked like columns or posts (hence, array - agroup of things or people), but what is meant by "vanishig array"?
My own guess: these rows of trees (probably two rows) were very long and when you looked at them they seemed to disappear in the distance.
Thank you
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