| -s {suffix} (regular plurals of nouns)
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:: -a, -ar
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| Saaremaa {prop} (island and county)
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:: Eysýsla {f}
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| saber {v} (sabre) SEE: sabre
|
::
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| sable {n} (animal)
|
:: safali {m}
|
| sabotage {n} (deliberate action of subversion, obstruction, disruption, destruction)
|
:: skemmdarverk {n}
|
| sabre {n} (light sword, sharp along the front edge, part of the back edge, and at the point)
|
:: sveðja {f}
|
| saccharide {n} (the unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn)
|
:: sykra {f}
|
| sack {n} (bag for commodities or items)
|
:: sekkur {m}, poki {m}, posi {m}
|
| sacral {adj} ((anatomy) of the sacrum)
|
:: spjald-, spjaldbeins-, spjaldhryggjar-, krossliðs-
|
| sacralgia {n} (pain in the sacral region)
|
:: spjaldverkur {m}
|
| sacralization {n} (developmental abnormality in which the first sacral vertebra becomes fused with the fifth lumbar veterbra)
|
:: spjaldliðun {f}
|
| sacrifice {v} (to offer as a gift to a deity)
|
:: fórna, gefa til
|
| sacrifice {v} (to give away something valuable in order to gain something else of value)
|
:: fórna
|
| sacrifice {n} (something sacrificed)
|
:: fórn {f}
|
| sacrum {n} (bone at the base of the spine)
|
:: spjaldbein {n}, spjaldliðir {m-p}, spjaldhryggur {m}
|
| sad {adj} (feeling sorrow)
|
:: dapur
|
| Saïda {prop} (port city in Lebanon) SEE: Sidon
|
::
|
| saddle {n} (seat on an animal)
|
:: hnakkur, söðull {m}
|
| saddle {n} (seat on a bicycle etc)
|
:: hnakkur {m}
|
| saddle point {n} (geometry)
|
:: söðulpunktur {m}
|
| saddle-point {n} (attributive form of saddle point)
|
:: söðulpunkts-
|
| sadly {adv} (unfortunately) SEE: unfortunately
|
::
|
| sadness {n} (state/emotion)
|
:: sorg {f}
|
| sad to say {adv} (unfortunately) SEE: unfortunately
|
::
|
| safe {adj} (not in danger)
|
:: öruggur {m}, tryggur {m}
|
| safe {adj} (free from risk)
|
:: öruggur {m}, hættulaus {m}, áhættulaus {m}, háskalaus {m}
|
| safe {adj} (providing protection from danger)
|
:: öruggur {m}, tryggur {m}
|
| safe {adj} (properly secured)
|
:: öruggur {m}, tryggur {m}
|
| safe {adj} (not in danger from a specified source of harm)
|
:: -heldur {m}
|
| safe {n} (box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping)
|
:: peningaskápur {m}, öryggisskápur {m}
|
| safe and sound {adj} (having come to no harm)
|
:: heill á húfi {m}, heilu og höldnu, klakklaust
|
| safe mode {n} ((computing) troubleshooting mode)
|
:: öryggishamur {m}
|
| safety {n} (condition or feeling of being safe)
|
:: öryggi {n}
|
| safety pin {n} (pin in the form of a clasp)
|
:: næla {f}
|
| saga {n} (Old Norse Icelandic prose)
|
:: saga {f}
|
| saga {n} (long epic story)
|
:: saga {f}
|
| Sahara {prop} (desert)
|
:: Sahara {f}
|
| sail {n} (a piece of fabric attached to a boat)
|
:: segl {n}
|
| sail {n} (a trip in a boat)
|
:: sigling {f}
|
| sail {v} (to ride in a boat, especially sailboat)
|
:: sigla
|
| sailboat {n} (a boat propelled by a sail)
|
:: kútter
|
| sailing ship {n} (type of ship)
|
:: seglskúta
|
| sailless {adj} (lacking a sail)
|
:: segllaus
|
| sailor {n} (worker on a ship, seaman, seawoman)
|
:: sjómaður {m}, sjóari {m}
|
| sailplane {n} (sailplane) SEE: glider
|
::
|
| saint {n} (person proclaimed as saint)
|
:: dýrlingur {m}
|
| Saint George {prop} (Patron saint of England and several other places)
|
:: Heilagur Georg {m}
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis {prop} (a country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Sankti Kristófer og Nevis
|
| Saint Nicholas {prop} (Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus
|
::
|
| Saint Petersburg {prop} (city in Russia)
|
:: Sankti Pétursborg {f}, Pétursborg {f}
|
| sake {n}
|
:: í þágu
|
| sake {n} (Japanese rice wine)
|
:: hrísgrjónavín {n}, sake {n}
|
| sakura {n} (cherry) SEE: cherry
|
::
|
| sakura {n} (cherry blossom) SEE: cherry blossom
|
::
|
| salad {n} (food)
|
:: salat {n}
|
| salamander {n} (amphibian)
|
:: salamandra {f}
|
| salami {n} (penis) SEE: penis
|
::
|
| salary {n} (fixed amount of money paid on monthly or annual basis)
|
:: laun {n-p}, föst laun {n-p}, kaup {n}
|
| sale {n} (exchange of goods or services for currency or credit)
|
:: sala {f}
|
| sale {n} (sale of goods at reduced prices)
|
:: útsala {f}
|
| salesman {n} (man whose job it is to sell things)
|
:: sölumaður {m}
|
| salesperson {n} (person who sells)
|
:: sölumaður
|
| sales tax {n} (tax)
|
:: söluskattur {m}
|
| saliva {n} (liquid secreted into the mouth)
|
:: slef {n}, munnvatn {m}
|
| salivate {v} (to produce saliva)
|
:: slefa
|
| sallow {n} (Salix caprea)
|
:: selja {f}
|
| sally {n} (willow) SEE: willow
|
::
|
| salmon {n} (fish)
|
:: lax {m}
|
| salmon {n} (colour)
|
:: laxbleikur litur {m}
|
| salmon {adj} (colour)
|
:: laxbleikur
|
| salmonless {adj} (devoid of salmon)
|
:: laxlaus
|
| salmon trout {n} (rainbow trout) SEE: rainbow trout
|
::
|
| salpinx {n} (Fallopian tube) SEE: Fallopian tube
|
::
|
| salt {adj} (salty)
|
:: saltur
|
| salt {v} (to add salt to)
|
:: salta
|
| salt {n} (sodium chloride)
|
:: salt {n}
|
| salt {n} (sailor)
|
:: sjóari {m}
|
| salt {n} (additional bytes inserted into an encryption)
|
:: salt {n}
|
| salt clay {n} (dough made from salt and flour that hardens when dried)
|
:: trölladeig {n}
|
| salt dome {n} (upwelling of crystalline rock salt)
|
:: saltstöpull {m}
|
| saltpetre {n} (sodium nitrate) SEE: sodium nitrate
|
::
|
| saltpetre {n} (potassium nitrate) SEE: potassium nitrate
|
::
|
| salt water {n} (brine) SEE: brine
|
::
|
| salty {adj} (tasting of salt)
|
:: saltur
|
| salubrious {adj} (promoting health)
|
:: heilsusamlegt
|
| Salvadoran {n} (a person from El Salvador)
|
:: Salvadori {m}
|
| Salvadorian {n} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran
|
::
|
| Salvadorian {adj} (Salvadoran) SEE: Salvadoran
|
::
|
| samarium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: samarín
|
| same {adj} (not different as regards self; identical)
|
:: samur
|
| Samuel {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Samúel
|
| Samuel {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Samúel {m}
|
| Samuel {prop} (biblical person)
|
:: Samúel {m}
|
| samurai {n} (feudal Japanese warrior)
|
:: samúræji {m}
|
| -san {suffix} (Mrs) SEE: Mrs
|
::
|
| -san {suffix} (Miss) SEE: Miss
|
::
|
| séance {n} (a ceremony where people try to communicate with the spirits)
|
:: miðilsfundur {m}
|
| sand {n} (finely ground rock)
|
:: sandur {m}
|
| sandal {n} (type of footwear)
|
:: sandali {m}
|
| sandbox {n} (box with sand for children)
|
:: sandkassi {m}
|
| sandbox {n} (wiki sandbox)
|
:: sandkassi {m}
|
| sandpaper {n} (paper coated with abrasive material)
|
:: sandpappír {m}
|
| sandstone {n} (sand/clay sedimentary rock)
|
:: sandsteinn {m}
|
| sandstorm {n} (strong wind carrying clouds of sand)
|
:: sandstormur, sandbylur
|
| sand wedge {n} (type of golf club)
|
:: sandjárn {n}
|
| sandwich {n} (snack consisting of two slices of bread)
|
:: samloka {f}
|
| sandy {adj} (covered with sand)
|
:: sendinn
|
| sanitary napkin {n} (pad of cotton or other absorbent material)
|
:: dömubindi {n}, tíðabindi {n}
|
| sanitary towel {n} (pad of cotton) SEE: sanitary napkin
|
::
|
| San José {prop} (A city in California, USA) SEE: San Jose
|
::
|
| San Jose {prop} (a city in California, USA)
|
:: San Jose
|
| sans {prep} (without) SEE: without
|
::
|
| Sanskrit {n} (language)
|
:: sanskrít {n}
|
| Santa {prop} (Santa Claus) SEE: Santa Claus
|
::
|
| Santa Claus {prop} (fictional figure)
|
:: jólasveinninn {m}
|
| Santa hat {n} (red and white hat associated with Santa Claus)
|
:: jólasveinahúfa
|
| sap {n} (narrow ditch or trench)
|
:: skotgröf {f}
|
| sapodilla {n} (tree)
|
:: sapódillatré {n}, tyggigúmmítré {n}, kvoðutré {n}
|
| sapodilla {n} (fruit)
|
:: sapódilla {f}, sapódillaplóma {f}
|
| sapphire {n} (gem)
|
:: safír {m}
|
| sapphire {n} (colour)
|
:: safírblár (adjective)
|
| sapphire {adj} (colour)
|
:: safírblár
|
| sarcoidosis {n} (multisystem disorder)
|
:: sarklíki {n}
|
| sarcomere {n} (contractile unit in a striated muscle's myofibril)
|
:: vöðvaliður {m}, vöðvadeild {f}
|
| Sardinia {prop} (island of Italy)
|
:: Sardinía {f}
|
| Sardinian {prop} (language)
|
:: sardínska
|
| sari {n} (cloth)
|
:: sarí {m}
|
| Satan {prop} (the Devil)
|
:: Satan
|
| satellite {n} (a body orbiting a larger one)
|
:: tungl {n}, fylgihnöttur {m}
|
| satellite {n} (man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body)
|
:: gervitungl {n}, gervihnöttur {m}
|
| satellite {n}
|
:: [general] fylgihnöttur {m}, [artificial] gervitungl {n}, [artificial] gervihnöttur {m}, [natural] tungl {n}, [natural] fylgitungl {n}
|
| saturation vapor pressure {n} (specific pressure)
|
:: mettunarþrýstingur {m}, mettunareimþrýstingur {m}
|
| Saturday {n} (day of the week)
|
:: laugardagur {m}
|
| Saturn {prop} (planet)
|
:: Satúrnus {m}
|
| sauce {n} (liquid condiment)
|
:: sósa {f}
|
| sauceboat {n} (boat-shaped pitcher for serving sauce or gravy) SEE: gravy boat
|
::
|
| Saudi {prop} (Saudi Arabia) SEE: Saudi Arabia
|
::
|
| Saudi Arabia {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Sádí-Arabía {f}
|
| sauerkraut {n} (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)
|
:: súrkál {n}
|
| sauna {n} (sauna room or house)
|
:: sána {f}, baðstofa {f}, eimbað {n}, gufubað {n}
|
| sausage {n} (a food made of minced meat packed into a tubular casing)
|
:: pylsa {f}
|
| save {v} (to help someone to survive, or rescue someone)
|
:: bjarga
|
| save {v} (to keep safe; to safeguard)
|
:: varðveita, vernda, geyma
|
| save {v} (theology: to redeem or protect someone from eternal damnation)
|
:: frelsa
|
| save {v} (to sports: to catch or deflect a shot at goal)
|
:: verja
|
| save {v} (to store for future use)
|
:: geyma
|
| save {v} (to conserve or prevent the wasting of)
|
:: spara
|
| save {v} (computing: to write a file to a storage medium)
|
:: vista, seiva [informal, colloquial]
|
| save {v} (to economize)
|
:: spara
|
| save {v} (to accumulate money)
|
:: leggja til hliðar, leggja fyrir, safna, spara
|
| save {prep} (except, with the exception of)
|
:: nema
|
| saw {n} (tool)
|
:: sög {f}
|
| saw {v} (cut with a saw)
|
:: saga
|
| sawdust {n} (dust created by sawing)
|
:: sag {n}
|
| saxifrage {n} (plant)
|
:: steinbrjótur {m}
|
| Saxony {prop} (state)
|
:: Saxland {n}
|
| saxophone {n} (a musical instrument of the woodwind family)
|
:: saxófónn
|
| say {v} (to pronounce)
|
:: segja
|
| say {v} (to communicate verbally or in writing)
|
:: segja
|
| say {v} (to say) SEE: tell
|
::
|
| say cheese {v}
|
:: segðu sís
|
| scab {n} (incrustation over a wound)
|
:: hrúður {n}
|
| scabbard {n} (the sheath of a sword)
|
:: skálpur {m}, skeiðar {f-p}
|
| scaffold {n} (structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on)
|
:: vinnupallur {m}, stillans {m}, reisipallur {m}
|
| scalar {n} (quantity with magnitude)
|
:: einvíð stærð {f}, tölustærð {f}, stigastærð {f}
|
| scalar field {n} (mathematical function)
|
:: tölusvið {n}
|
| scalar product {n} (product of two vectors)
|
:: innfeldi {n}, innra margfeldi {n}, depilfeldi {n}
|
| scale {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder
|
::
|
| scale {n} (device) SEE: scales
|
::
|
| scales {n} (device for weighing goods for sale)
|
:: vog {f}
|
| scallion {n} (Allium fistulosum) SEE: spring onion
|
::
|
| scallop {n} (mollusc)
|
:: hörpuskel {f}, hörpudiskur {m}
|
| scalpel {n} (small straight knife)
|
:: skurðarhnífur {m}
|
| scandal {n} (incident that brings disgrace)
|
:: hneyksli {n}
|
| Scandinavia {prop} (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden)
|
:: Skandinavía {f}
|
| Scandinavia {prop} (Scandinavian Peninsula) SEE: Scandinavian Peninsula
|
::
|
| Scandinavian {n} (someone from Scandinavia)
|
:: Skandinavi {m}
|
| Scandinavian {adj} (of Scandinavia)
|
:: skandinavískur {m}, norrænn {m}
|
| Scandinavian {adj} (of the North Germanic family of languages)
|
:: skandinavískur {m}, norrænn {m}
|
| Scandinavian Peninsula {prop} (peninsula in Northern Europe, see also: Scandinavia)
|
:: Skandinavía
|
| scandium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: skandín {?}
|
| Scania {prop} (region of Sweden occupying the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula)
|
:: Skánn {m}
|
| scanner {n} (device which scans documents)
|
:: skanni {m}
|
| scanno {n} (error in scanning)
|
:: ljóslestrarvilla {f}
|
| scapegoat {n} (a goat imbued with the sins of the people)
|
:: blórabögglar {m}
|
| scapegoat {n} (someone punished for someone else's error(s))
|
:: blóraböggull {m}
|
| scapula {n} (large flat bone) SEE: shoulder blade
|
::
|
| scar {n} (cliff) SEE: cliff
|
::
|
| scar {n} (permanent mark on the skin)
|
:: ör {n}
|
| scarecrow {n} (an effigy made to scare the birds away)
|
:: fuglahræða {f}
|
| scarf {n} (long garment worn around the neck)
|
:: trefill {m}
|
| scarlatina {n} (scarlet fever) SEE: scarlet fever
|
::
|
| scarlet fever {n} (streptococcal infection)
|
:: skarlatssótt {f}
|
| scary {adj} (causing, or able to cause, fright)
|
:: skelfilegur
|
| scene {n} ((theater) the stage) SEE: stage
|
::
|
| scene {n} (the location of an event that attracts attention)
|
:: vettvangur {m}
|
| schadenfreude {n} (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
|
:: þórðargleði {f}, meinfýsni {f}
|
| scheme {n} (a systematic plan of future action)
|
:: ráð {n}, ráðagerð {f}
|
| scheme {n} (secret, devious plan)
|
:: brugg {n}
|
| schizophrenia {n} (mental disorder)
|
:: geðklofi {m}
|
| Schleswig-Holstein {prop} (state)
|
:: Slésvík-Holtsetaland
|
| schlubby {adj} (unattractive or unkempt) SEE: unattractive
|
::
|
| school {n} (a group of fish)
|
:: vaða {f}, torfa {f}
|
| school {n} (an institution dedicated to teaching and learning)
|
:: skóli {m}
|
| school bus {n} (transport for schoolchildren)
|
:: skólabíll {m}, skólavagn {m}
|
| school crossing attendant {n} (crossing attendant) SEE: crossing guard
|
::
|
| schoolie {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher
|
::
|
| schoolteacher {n} (schoolteacher) SEE: teacher
|
::
|
| school year {n} (academic year of a school)
|
:: skólaár {n}
|
| schooner {n} (sailing ship)
|
:: skonnorta {f}
|
| sciatic nerve {n} (large nerve)
|
:: settaug {f}
|
| science {n} (collective discipline of learning acquired through the scientific method)
|
:: vísindi {n}, fræði {n}
|
| science {n} (particular discipline or branch of learning)
|
:: fræði {n}
|
| science {n} (fact of knowing something)
|
:: vísindi {n}, fræði {n}
|
| science {n} (knowledge gained through study or practice)
|
:: vísindi {n}, fræði {n}
|
| scientific notation {n} (standard format)
|
:: staðalform {n}, tugveldisform {n}
|
| scientist {n} (one whose activities make use of the scientific method)
|
:: vísindamaður {m}, vísindakona {f}
|
| Scientology {prop} (belief system developed by L. Ron Hubbard)
|
:: Vísindakirkjan {f}
|
| scissors {n} (tool used for cutting)
|
:: skæri {n-p}
|
| sclerosis {n} (abnormal hardening of body tissues)
|
:: hersli {n}, sigg {n}
|
| scoff {v} (to jeer; laugh at with contempt and derision)
|
:: hæða, draga dár, gera gys
|
| scold {v} (rebuke)
|
:: skamma, hundskamma, ávíta, láta skömmunum rigna yfir, sneypa, [be scolded, get a reprimand] fá skömm í hattinn
|
| score {v} (to score) SEE: strike
|
::
|
| scores {pron} (many) SEE: many
|
::
|
| scoria {n} (slag or dross) SEE: slag
|
::
|
| scoria {n} (volcanic rock) SEE: slag
|
::
|
| scorpion {n} (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones)
|
:: sporðdreki {m}
|
| Scot {n} (a person born in or native to Scotland)
|
:: Skoti {m}
|
| Scotch crow {n} (hooded crow) SEE: hooded crow
|
::
|
| Scotch tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| scotfree {adv} (scot-free) SEE: scot-free
|
::
|
| scot-free {adv} (without consequences or penalties)
|
:: [unharmed] öskaddaður {m}, [unharmed] ómeiddur {m}, [without accidents] slysalaust, [free] ókeypis, [get off scot-free] sleppa með skrekkinn
|
| Scotland {prop} (country in northwest Europe to the north of England)
|
:: Skotland
|
| Scots Gaelic {n} (Scottish Gaelic) SEE: Scottish Gaelic
|
::
|
| Scotsman {n} (a man from Scotland)
|
:: Skoti {m}
|
| Scottish Gaelic {n} (The Gaelic language of Scotland)
|
:: skosk-gelíska {f}
|
| scout {n} (member of the scout movement)
|
:: skáti {m}
|
| scrape {v} (draw an object along while exerting pressure)
|
:: skrapa
|
| scrapie {n} (A degenerative prion disease)
|
:: riða {f}
|
| scrawl {n} (irregular handwriting)
|
:: krot {n}, klór {n}, pírumpár {n}
|
| scrawl {v} (to write hastily or illegibly)
|
:: krota, krassa, hripa, pára, skrifa flausturslega
|
| scream {n} (loud exclamation)
|
:: öskur {n}
|
| scream {v} (to make the sound of a scream)
|
:: skrækja
|
| screamer {n} (one who screams)
|
:: öskrari {m}
|
| scree {n} (loose stony debris on a slope)
|
:: skriða {f}
|
| screen {n} (viewing area of electronic output device)
|
:: skjár {m}, skermur {m}
|
| screw {n} (fastener)
|
:: skrúfa {f}
|
| screw {n} (backspin) SEE: backspin
|
::
|
| screwdriver {n} (tool)
|
:: skrúfjárn {n}
|
| scribe {v} (to write)
|
:: skrifa
|
| scribe {v} (to record)
|
:: rita, skrá
|
| scrimmage {n} (practice game) SEE: exhibition game
|
::
|
| scripture {n} (any sacred writing or book)
|
:: ritningin, ritningargrein
|
| Scripture {prop} (Bible) SEE: Bible
|
::
|
| scrofula {n} (form of tuberculosis)
|
:: eitlakröm {f}
|
| scroll {n} (roll of paper or parchment)
|
:: bókrolla {f}
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| scrotum {n} (the bag of the skin and muscle that contains the testicles)
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:: pungur {m}
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| scruff {n} (loose skin at the back of the neck of some animals)
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:: hnakkadramb {n}
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| scrutore {n} (escritoire) SEE: escritoire
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::
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| sculpture {n} (art of sculpting)
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:: höggmyndalist
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| sculpture {n} (work of art created by sculpting)
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:: skúlptúr, höggmynd
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| scumbag {n} (condom) SEE: condom
|
::
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| scupper {n} (nautical: drainage hole)
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:: spýjurenna {f}, lensport {n}
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| scurvy {n} (deficiency of vitamin C)
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:: skyrbjúgur {m}
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| scutch grass {n} (couch grass) SEE: couch grass
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::
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| scythe {n} (farm tool)
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:: orf og ljár, ljár {m}
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| scythe {v} (to cut with a scythe)
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:: slá, slá með orfi og ljá
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| sea {n} (body of water)
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:: haf {n}, sjór {m}, ægir {m} [poetic], úthaf {n}
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| seabed {n} (floor or bottom of the sea or ocean)
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:: hafsbotn {m}
|
| seabird {n} (any bird that spends most of its time in coastal waters)
|
:: sjófugl {m}, sjávarfugl {m}
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| sea bluebell {n} (Mertensia maritima)
|
:: blálilja {f}
|
| sea cucumber {n} (sea cucumber)
|
:: sæbjúga {n}
|
| seadog {n} (dogfish) SEE: dogfish
|
::
|
| sea eagle {n} (Haliaeetus albicilla) SEE: white-tailed eagle
|
::
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| seafarer {n} (sailor) SEE: sailor
|
::
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| seagull {n} (bird of the family Laridae)
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:: máfur {m}, mávur {m}
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| sea horse {n} (walrus) SEE: walrus
|
::
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| sea horse {n} (fish)
|
:: sæhestur {m}
|
| seal {n} (pinniped)
|
:: selur {m}
|
| seal {n} (stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance)
|
:: innsigli {n}
|
| seal {n} (impression of such stamp)
|
:: innsigli {n}
|
| seal {n} (design or insignia associated with organization or official role)
|
:: innsigli {n}
|
| seal {n} (something which will be visibly damaged when a covering or container is opened)
|
:: innsigli {n}
|
| seal {v} (to place a seal on (a document))
|
:: innsigla
|
| seal {v} (to fasten (something) closed so that it cannot be opened without visible damage)
|
:: innsigla
|
| sea lion {n} (member of the Otariidae family)
|
:: sæljón {n}
|
| seaman {n} (mariner or sailor) SEE: sailor
|
::
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| sea monster {n} (large, aggressive creature in the sea)
|
:: sæskrímsli {n}
|
| Sea of Japan {prop} (the sea between Japan and the rest of Asia)
|
:: Japanshaf {n}
|
| sea otter {n} (Enhydra lutris)
|
:: sæotur {m}
|
| sea-parrot {n} (puffin) SEE: puffin
|
::
|
| search {v} (to search) SEE: look
|
::
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| search {n} (an attempt to find something)
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:: leit
|
| search {v} (to look throughout (a place) for something)
|
:: leita
|
| seasick {adj} (ill due to the motion of a ship at sea.)
|
:: sjóveikur
|
| sea-sickness {n} (seasickness) SEE: seasickness
|
::
|
| seasickness {n} (a feeling of nausea caused by the motion of a ship)
|
:: sjóveiki {f}
|
| season {n} (quarter of a year)
|
:: árstíð {f}
|
| season {n} (part of year with something special)
|
:: vertíð {f}
|
| season {n} (a group of episodes)
|
:: þáttaröð {f}
|
| seasonal affective disorder {n} (Depression associated with lack of natural light in winter)
|
:: skammdegisþunglyndi {n}
|
| seasoning {n} (cooking ingredient)
|
:: bragðbætir {m}
|
| seat belt {n} (restraining belt)
|
:: öryggisbelti {n}
|
| sea trout {n} (Salmo trutta morpha trutta)
|
:: urriði {m}
|
| sea urchin {n} (any of many marine echinoderms of the class Echinoidea)
|
:: ígulker {n}
|
| seaworthy {adj} (fit for the sea)
|
:: haffær
|
| sebum {n} (thick oily substance)
|
:: húðfeiti {f}
|
| secant {n} (in geometry)
|
:: sniðill {m}
|
| second {adj} (second (numeral), see also: 2nd)
|
:: annar
|
| second {n} (music: interval between two adjacent notes)
|
:: tvíund {f}
|
| second {n} (one-sixtieth of a minute; SI unit of time)
|
:: sekúnda {f}
|
| secondary school {n} (school)
|
:: framhaldsskóli {m}, menntaskóli {m}
|
| second hand {adj} (secondhand) SEE: secondhand
|
::
|
| secondhand {adj} (not new; previously owned and used by another)
|
:: notaður
|
| second last {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate
|
::
|
| second person {n} (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience)
|
:: önnur persóna {f}
|
| second to last {adj} (penultimate) SEE: penultimate
|
::
|
| second to none {n} (heroin) SEE: heroin
|
::
|
| Second World War {prop} (World War II) SEE: World War II
|
::
|
| secret {n} (knowledge that is hidden)
|
:: leyndarmál {n}
|
| secret {adj} (being or kept hidden.)
|
:: leynilegur
|
| secretary {n} (person keeping records and handling clerical work)
|
:: ritari {m}
|
| secrete {v} ((transitive) produce by secretion)
|
:: seyta
|
| sect {n} (religious movement)
|
:: sértrúarsöfnuður {m}
|
| secular {adj} (not specifically religious)
|
:: veraldlegur
|
| security {n} (condition of not being threatened)
|
:: öryggi {n}
|
| Security Council {prop} (UN Security Council) SEE: UN Security Council
|
::
|
| security hole {n} (security vulnerability in a computer system)
|
:: öryggisveila {f}, öryggisbrestur {m}
|
| sedenion {n} (nonassociative, nonalternative extension of an octonion)
|
:: sextándatala {f}
|
| sedentary {adj} (not moving much; sitting around)
|
:: kyrrsetu-, hreyfingarleysis-
|
| sediment {n} (collection of small particles)
|
:: botnfall {n}, syrja {f}, botnlag {n}, dreggjar {n}, set {n}, vatnborin jarðvegsefni {n-p}, vindborin jarðvegsefni {n-p}
|
| sedimentary rock {n} (one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth)
|
:: setberg
|
| seduce {v} (to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray)
|
:: tæla, lokka
|
| seduce {v} (to entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship)
|
:: tæla
|
| see {v} (perceive with the eyes)
|
:: sjá, skynja
|
| see {v} (understand)
|
:: skil, fatta
|
| seed {n} (fertilized grain)
|
:: fræ {n}
|
| seeing is believing {proverb} (you need to see something to believe it)
|
:: sjón er sögu ríkari
|
| seek {v} (to try to find)
|
:: leita
|
| seel {v} (To blind) SEE: blind
|
::
|
| seem {v} (to appear, to seem) SEE: look
|
::
|
| see off {v} (to defeat) SEE: defeat
|
::
|
| seeress {n} (a female seer)
|
:: völva {f}
|
| seesaw {n} (structure moving up and down, balanced in the middle)
|
:: vegasalt {n}
|
| seesaw {v} (to use a seesaw)
|
:: vega salt
|
| see-through {adj} (transparent) SEE: transparent
|
::
|
| see you later {phrase} (goodbye)
|
:: sjáumst seinna
|
| segment {n} (line segment) SEE: line segment
|
::
|
| seismic {adj} (related to, or caused by an earthquake or other vibration of the Earth)
|
:: jarðskjálfta-
|
| seismograph {n} (instrument that detects and records earthquakes)
|
:: jarðskjálftamælir {m}
|
| seismologist {n} (person who practices seismology)
|
:: jarðskjálftafræðingur {m}, skjálftafræðingur {m}
|
| seismology {n} (the study of the vibration of the Earth's interior)
|
:: jarðskjálftafræði {f}, skjálftafræði {f}
|
| sei whale {n} (whale of the rorqual family)
|
:: sandreyður {f}
|
| seize {v} (grab)
|
:: grípa
|
| seize the day {v} (enjoy the present)
|
:: gríptu daginn
|
| sejunct {adj} (separate) SEE: separate
|
::
|
| seldom {adv} (infrequently, rarely)
|
:: sjaldan
|
| selenium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: selen {n}
|
| self-confidence {n} (state of being self-confident)
|
:: sjálfsöryggi {n}, sjálfstraust {n}
|
| self-confidence {n} (measure of one's belief in one's own abilities)
|
:: sjálfsöryggi {n}, sjálfstraust {n}
|
| self-confident {adj} (confident in one's abilities)
|
:: sjálfsöruggur
|
| self-conscious {adj} (aware of oneself as an individual being)
|
:: sjálf meðvitaður
|
| self-deception {n} (fooling oneself)
|
:: sjálfsblekking {f}
|
| self-evident {adj} (obviously true)
|
:: sjálfgefinn {m}
|
| self-hatred {n} (hatred of oneself)
|
:: sjálfshatur {n}
|
| selfie stick {n} (extendable arm to hold a camera)
|
:: sjálfustöng {f}
|
| self-image {n} (way a person views themself)
|
:: sjálfsmynd {f}
|
| self-pity {n} (feeling of pity for oneself)
|
:: sjálfsvorkunn {f}, sjálfsmeðaumkun {f}
|
| self-portrait {n} (portrait of the painter who painted it)
|
:: sjálfsmynd {f}
|
| sell {v} (to agree to transfer goods or provide services)
|
:: selja
|
| sell like hot cakes {v} (sell quickly)
|
:: fljúga út, seljast eins og heitar lummur, renna út
|
| sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| Sellotape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
|
::
|
| Selma {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Selma {f}
|
| semantic {adj} (of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words)
|
:: merkingarlegur, merkingarfræðilegur
|
| semaphore {n} (mechanism used to restrict access to a shared function or device to a single process at a time)
|
:: veif {f}
|
| semen {n} (semen (fluid)) SEE: sperm
|
::
|
| semen {n} (male reproductory fluid)
|
:: sæði {n}, sáð {n}, sáðvökvi {m}, brundur {m}
|
| semese {adj} (half-eaten)
|
:: hálfétinn {m}
|
| semester {n} (half of school year)
|
:: misseri {n}
|
| semester {n} (period or term of six months)
|
:: misseri {n}
|
| semibreve {n} (whole note)
|
:: heilnóta {f}
|
| semibreve rest {n} (pause)
|
:: heilnótuþögn {f}
|
| semibreve rest {n} (symbol)
|
:: heilnótuþögn {f}
|
| semiconductor {n} (substance with electrical properties between conductor and insulator)
|
:: hálfleiðari {m}
|
| semi-detached {n} (house)
|
:: parhús
|
| semigroup {n} (set for which a closed associative binary operation is defined)
|
:: hálfgrúpa {f}
|
| semigroup homomorphism {n} (function that preserves semigroup structure)
|
:: hálfgrúpumótun {f}
|
| seminal vesicle {n} (seminal vesicle)
|
:: sæðisblöðrungur {m}, sáðblaðra {f}, sæðiskirtill {m}
|
| seminoma {n} (form of testicular cancer)
|
:: sæðiskrabbi {m}
|
| semipalmated sandpiper {n} (Calidris pusilla)
|
:: fitjatíta {f}
|
| semiquaver {n} (music)
|
:: sextándapartsnóta {f}, sextándipartur {m}
|
| semi-smile {n} (faint smile)
|
:: hálfbrós
|
| Semite {n} (member of any of a number of ancient peoples)
|
:: semíti {m}
|
| Semite {n} (descendant of any of these peoples)
|
:: semíti {m}
|
| Semitic {adj} (pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages)
|
:: semískur
|
| Semitic {adj} (pertaining to the Semites)
|
:: semískur
|
| senate {n} (the upper house in some bicameral legislative systems)
|
:: öldungadeild {f}
|
| Senate {prop} (US Senate)
|
:: Öldungadeild Bandaríkjaþings
|
| senator {n} (member in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate)
|
:: öldungaráðsmaður {m}
|
| send {v} (make something go somewhere)
|
:: senda
|
| send shivers down someone's spine {v} (terrify)
|
:: [a shiver ran down his spine] það fór hrollur um hann
|
| sense organ {n} (an organic sensor)
|
:: skynfæri {n}
|
| sentence {n} (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate)
|
:: setning {f}
|
| Seoul {prop} (capital of South Korea)
|
:: Seúl {n}
|
| sepal {n} (part of calyx)
|
:: bikarblað {n}
|
| separate {adj} (apart from; not connected to)
|
:: aðkilinn
|
| separate the wheat from the chaff {v} (to select only that which is of value)
|
:: skilja hismið frá kjarnanum
|
| separation of powers {n} (model for governance)
|
:: þrískipting ríkisvaldsins {f}
|
| sepia {n} (cuttlefish) SEE: cuttlefish
|
::
|
| sepsis {n} (serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed)
|
:: graftarsótt {f}, [septicemia] blóðsýking {f}, [septicemia] blóðeitrun {f}
|
| September {prop} (ninth month of the Gregorian calendar)
|
:: september {m}, septembermánuður {m}
|
| septicemia {n} (disease caused by pathogens in the blood)
|
:: blóðeitrun {f}, blóðsýking {f}
|
| seraph {n} (highest order of angels)
|
:: serafi {m}
|
| Serb {n} (person of Serb descent, see also: Serbian)
|
:: Serbi {m}
|
| Serbia {prop} (a country in southeastern Europe)
|
:: Serbía {f}
|
| Serbia and Montenegro {prop} (former country on the Balkan Peninsula)
|
:: Serbía og Svartfjallaland
|
| Serbian {n} (person from Serbia, see also: Serb)
|
:: Serbi {m}
|
| Serbian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)
|
:: serbneska {f}
|
| Serbian {adj} (pertaining to Serbia and Serbians)
|
:: serbneskur
|
| Serbian {n} (Serb) SEE: Serb
|
::
|
| Serbo-Croatian {n} (South Slavic language)
|
:: serbókróatíska {f}
|
| Serbo-Croatian {adj} (pertaining to the Serbo-Croatian language)
|
:: serbókróatískur
|
| serendipity {n} (unsought, unintended... and/or learning experience that happens by accident)
|
:: slembilukka {f}
|
| serendipity {n}
|
:: slembifundur {m}
|
| sergeant {n} (non-commissioned officer rank)
|
:: liðþjálfi {m}
|
| serial killer {n} (person who commits multiple murders)
|
:: raðmorðingi {m}
|
| series {n} (a number of things that follow on one after the other)
|
:: röð {f}
|
| series {n} (television or radio program)
|
:: þáttaröð {f}, þættir {m-p}
|
| series circuit {n} (electric circuit)
|
:: raðarrás {f}, raðtengd rás {f}
|
| serious {adj} (important; weighty; not trifling; leaving no room for play)
|
:: alvarlegur
|
| sermon {n} (religious discourse)
|
:: predikun {f}
|
| serotonin {n} (the compound 5-hydroxytryptamine)
|
:: serótónín {n}
|
| Serpens {prop} (large summer constellation of the northern sky)
|
:: Höggormurinn {m}
|
| serpent {n} (snake)
|
:: höggormur {m}, naðra {f}
|
| servant {n} (one who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation)
|
:: þjónn {m}
|
| server {n} (computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users)
|
:: miðlari {m}
|
| server {n}
|
:: miðlari {m}, netþjónn {m}
|
| Servian {adj} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian
|
::
|
| Servian {n} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian
|
::
|
| Servian {prop} (Serbian) SEE: Serbian
|
::
|
| service {n} (service tree) SEE: service tree
|
::
|
| service station {n} (gas station) SEE: gas station
|
::
|
| service tree {n} (Sorbus domestica)
|
:: perureynir
|
| service tree {n} (Sorbus torminalis) SEE: wild service tree
|
::
|
| serviette {n} (napkin) SEE: napkin
|
::
|
| sesquipedalian {adj} (of long words)
|
:: margkvæður {m}, [of many syllables] margra atkvæða
|
| sesquipedalian {adj} (given to the use of long words)
|
:: gefinn fyrir long orð {m}
|
| set {n} (set theory: collection of objects)
|
:: mengi {n}
|
| set {v} (to sit) SEE: sit
|
::
|
| set {n} (plural: set theory) SEE: set theory
|
::
|
| set forth {v} (to start) SEE: start
|
::
|
| Seth {prop} (the third son of Adam and Eve)
|
:: Set {m}
|
| set-theoretic {adj} (Of, relating to or using set theory)
|
:: mengjafræðilegur {m}
|
| set-theoretic difference {n} (set-theoretic difference) SEE: relative complement
|
::
|
| set theory {n} (mathematical theory of sets)
|
:: mengjafræði {f}
|
| seven {num} (cardinal number 7)
|
:: sjö
|
| seven deadly sins {n} (the cardinal sins)
|
:: dauðasyndirnar sjö {m-p} [definite]
|
| seven hundred {num} (cardinal number 700)
|
:: sjö hundruð
|
| seven-league boots {n} (boots enabling great stride)
|
:: sjömílnaskór {m-p}
|
| sevennight {n} (period of seven consecutive days and nights) SEE: week
|
::
|
| seven o'clock {n} (the start of the eighth hour)
|
:: klukkan sjö
|
| seventeen {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: sautján
|
| seventh {adj} (ordinal form of the number seven, see also: 7th)
|
:: sjöundi
|
| Seventh-day Adventist Church {prop} (Christian denomination)
|
:: Kirkja sjöunda dags aðventista {f}
|
| seventh heaven {n} (state of great joy and satisfaction)
|
:: í sjöunda himni
|
| seven thousand {num} (7,000)
|
:: sjö þúsund
|
| seventy-five {num} (75)
|
:: sjötíu og fimm
|
| seventy-one {num} (71)
|
:: sjötíu og einn
|
| severe {adj}
|
:: strangur
|
| sew {v} ((transitive) use a needle)
|
:: sauma
|
| sewer {n} (pipes used to remove human waste and to provide drainage)
|
:: frárennsli, holræsi, klóak, lokræsi
|
| sewing machine {n} (device)
|
:: saumavél {f}
|
| sex {n} (act of sexual intercourse)
|
:: kynlíf {n}, mök {n-p}, kynmök {n-p}
|
| sex {n} (gender (female or male))
|
:: kyn {n}
|
| sex drive {n} (tendency to engage in sexual activity)
|
:: kynhvöt {f}
|
| sex gland {n} (gland in which sex cells are produced) SEE: gonad
|
::
|
| sexism {n} (gender discrimination or dislike)
|
:: kynjamismunun
|
| sex offender {n} (somebody who has committed a crime of a sexual nature)
|
:: kynferðisafbrotamaður {m}
|
| sex partner {n} (someone that one has sex with)
|
:: bólfélagi {m}, rekkjunautur {m} [somewhat euphemistic]
|
| sext {n} (noon) SEE: noon
|
::
|
| sex toy {n} (sex aid)
|
:: kynlífsleikfang
|
| sexual {adj} (of or relating to the sex of an organism)
|
:: kynferðisleg
|
| sexual dimorphism {n} (physical difference between male and female individuals)
|
:: kynbundin tvíbreytni {f}
|
| sexual intercourse {n} (sexual interaction)
|
:: kynmök {n-p}, mök {n-p}, samfarir {f-p}
|
| sexuality {n} (sexual orientation) SEE: sexual orientation
|
::
|
| sexually transmitted disease {n} (contagious disease spread through sexual intercourse) SEE: venereal disease
|
::
|
| sexual orientation {n} (sexual orientation)
|
:: kynhneigð {f}
|
| sexual partner {n} (person with whom someone has had sex) SEE: sex partner
|
::
|
| sexual reproduction {n} (process whereby a new organism created by combining the genetic material of two organisms)
|
:: kynæxlun
|
| sexual selection {n} (type of natural selection)
|
:: kynbundið val {n}
|
| sexy {adj} (having sexual appeal)
|
:: sexí, kynþokkafullur, kynæsandi
|
| shack {n} (crude hut)
|
:: kofi, skúr, hreysi
|
| shackle {n} (stubble) SEE: stubble
|
::
|
| shade horsetail {n} (Equisetum pratense)
|
:: vallelfting {f}
|
| shadow {n} (dark image projected onto a surface)
|
:: skuggi {m}
|
| shadow {n}
|
:: svæði í skuga {n}, forsæla {f}
|
| shadow {n} (spirit, ghost) SEE: ghost
|
::
|
| shag {n} (sea bird)
|
:: toppskarfur {m}
|
| shaheed {n} (martyr) SEE: martyr
|
::
|
| shake {v} (intransitive: to shake hands)
|
:: takast í hendur
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| shake {v} (intransitive: to dance)
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:: dansa
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| shake {n} (milkshake)
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:: hristingur {m}, sjeik {m}, mjólkurhristingur {m}
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| shake hands {v} (grasp another person's hands)
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:: takast í hendur
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| shale {n} (sedimentary rock)
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:: leirsteinn {m}, leirflögur {f-p}
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| shallot {n} (vegetable in the onion family, A. ascalonium or A. oschaninii)
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:: skalottlaukur {m}, sjalottulaukur {m}, skalotlaukur {m}, sandlaukur {m}
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| shaman {n} (a medium between the concrete and spirit worlds)
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:: völva {f}
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| shame {n} (uncomfortable or painful feeling)
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:: háðung {f}, skömm {f}
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| shampoo {n} (product for washing the hair or other fibres)
|
:: sjampó {n}
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| shamrock {n} (any of several small plants, forms of clover) SEE: clover
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::
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| shamrock {n} (trefoil leaf of any clover)
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:: músasmári {m}
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| Shang-hai {prop} (Shanghai) SEE: Shanghai
|
::
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| Shanghai {prop} (Chinese city as provincial-level municipality)
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:: Sjanghæ
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| shank {n} (lower part of the leg)
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:: leggur {m}
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| shanks' mare {n} (walking)
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:: [to ride on shanks' mare] fara á tveimur jafnfljótum, ganga
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| shanks' nag {n} (walking)
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:: [to take shanks' nag] fara á tveimur jafnfljótum, ganga
|
| shanks' pony {n} (idiomatic references to walking)
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:: [to ride shanks' pony] fara á tveimur jafnfljótum, ganga
|
| shanty {n} (An old run-down house or shack)
|
:: kofi {m}, hreysi {n}
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| shantytown {n} (area containing a collection of shacks and shanties)
|
:: kofaþorp {n}
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| shape {n} (appearance or outline)
|
:: form
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| share {n} (sharebone) SEE: pubis
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::
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| shareholder {n} (one who owns shares of stock)
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:: hluthafi {m}
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| sharemarket {n} (stock market) SEE: stock market
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::
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| shareowner {n} (shareholder) SEE: shareholder
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::
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| shark {n} (fish)
|
:: hákarl {m}
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| sharp {adj} (able to cut easily)
|
:: hvass
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| sharp-tailed sandpiper {n} (Calidris acuminata)
|
:: ósatíta
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| shave {v} (to remove hair from)
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:: raka
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| shave {v} (to remove hair from one's face)
|
:: raka sig
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| shaver {n} (boy) SEE: boy
|
::
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| shaver {n} (barber) SEE: barber
|
::
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| shawl {n} (a square piece of cloth worn as a covering for the head, neck, and shoulders)
|
:: sjal {n}, þríhyrna {f}, herðaklútur {m}
|
| she {pron} (person)
|
:: hún
|
| shears {n} (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
|
:: klippur {f-p}
|
| sheatfish {n} (fish of the genus Silurus)
|
:: gedda
|
| sheath {n} (scabbard) SEE: scabbard
|
::
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| sheath {n} (condom) SEE: condom
|
::
|
| sheathe {v} (to put (something) into a sheath)
|
:: slíðra, setja í slíður
|
| she-bear {n} (a female bear)
|
:: birna {f}
|
| shebop {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate
|
::
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| shed {n} (temporary structure to shelter something)
|
:: skúr {m}, skemma {f}
|
| shed a tear {v} (to cry)
|
:: fella tár, tárast
|
| shed tears {v} (shed a tear) SEE: shed a tear
|
::
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| sheep {n} (animal)
|
:: sauður {m}, sauðkind {f}, kind {f}, fé {n} (collective), sauðfé {n} (collective), ær {f} (ewe)
|
| sheepdog {n} (dog used for herding sheep)
|
:: fjárhundur {m}
|
| sheepherder {n} (shepherd) SEE: shepherd
|
::
|
| sheer {adj} (pure) SEE: pure
|
::
|
| sheet {n} (sheet of paper)
|
:: blað {n}
|
| sheet anchor {n} (nautical: a large, spare anchor)
|
:: aðalakkeri {n}
|
| sheet lightning {n} (broad flash of lightning)
|
:: snæljós {n}, snæleifur {n}
|
| sheik {n} (leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe)
|
:: sjeik {m}
|
| shelf {n} (structure)
|
:: hilla {f}
|
| shell {n} (hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of many invertebrates)
|
:: skel {f}
|
| shelter {n} (a refuge or other protection)
|
:: skjól {n}, athvarf {n}
|
| shepherd {n} (a person who tends sheep)
|
:: hirðir {m}, fjárhirðir {m}, smali {m}, smalamaður {m}
|
| sheriff {n} (all meanings)
|
:: fógeti, skerfari {m}
|
| Sherwood Forest {prop} (country park)
|
:: Skírisskógur {m}
|
| Shetland {prop} (Shetland Islands) SEE: Shetland Islands
|
::
|
| Shetland Islands {prop} (group of islands)
|
:: Hjaltland {n}, Hjaltlandseyjar {f-p}
|
| she-wolf {n} (female wolf)
|
:: úlfynja {f}, vargynja {f}, ylgur {f} {m}
|
| shield {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| shield {n} (armor)
|
:: skjöldur {m}
|
| shield {n} (anything that protects or defends)
|
:: skjöldur
|
| shield {v} (to protect, to defend)
|
:: skýla, hlífa, vernda
|
| shieldmaiden {n} (virgin who had chosen to fight in battle)
|
:: skjaldmær
|
| shift {n} (button on a keyboard)
|
:: skiptihnappur {m}
|
| shine {v} (to emit light)
|
:: ljóma
|
| shine {n} (sunshine) SEE: sunshine
|
::
|
| shiner {n} (black eye) SEE: black eye
|
::
|
| Shinto {prop} (religion)
|
:: sjintóismi
|
| Shintoism {prop} (Shinto) SEE: Shinto
|
::
|
| ship {n} (large water vessel)
|
:: skip {n}
|
| -ship {suffix} (Property or state of being)
|
:: -skapur
|
| shipbuilder {n} (person)
|
:: skipasmiður {m}
|
| shipbuilding {n} (construction of ships)
|
:: skipasmíði {n}
|
| shipyard {n} (place to build and repair ships)
|
:: skipasmíðastöð {f}, slippur {m}
|
| shire {n} (former administrative area of Britain; a county)
|
:: skíri {n}
|
| shire {n}
|
:: skíri {n}
|
| shirk {v} (avoid a duty)
|
:: koma sér undan
|
| shirt {n} (article of clothing)
|
:: skyrta {f}
|
| shit {n}
|
:: skítur {m}
|
| shit {v}
|
:: kúka, skíta [vulgar]
|
| shit {v} (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus)
|
:: kúka, skíta [vulgar]
|
| shit {v} (vulgar: to be stricken with fear)
|
:: (að) skíta á sig ((to) shit one self)
|
| shit {interj} (expression of worry, failure)
|
:: helvítis! , fjandinn! fjandans! , djöfullsins! , andskotans! [all vulgar]
|
| shit happens {phrase} (expression of acceptance of misfortune) SEE: such is life
|
::
|
| shithole {n} (anus) SEE: asshole
|
::
|
| shithole {n} (unpleasant person) SEE: asshole
|
::
|
| shitter {n} (coarse slang for the anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| shitty {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| shitty {adj} (high) SEE: high
|
::
|
| Shiva {prop} (deity)
|
:: Síva
|
| shiver {v} (to tremble or shake)
|
:: skjálfa
|
| Shoah {prop} (the systematic mass murder of 6 million Jews) SEE: Holocaust
|
::
|
| shoal {n} (group of fish) SEE: school
|
::
|
| shoe {n} (protective covering for the foot)
|
:: skór {m}
|
| shoe {v} (to put horseshoes on a horse)
|
:: járna
|
| shoe {n} (piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse’s foot) SEE: horseshoe
|
::
|
| shoehorn {n} (tool used to assist the foot)
|
:: skóhorn {n}
|
| shoemaker {n} (a person who makes shoes)
|
:: skósmiður {m}
|
| shoo-in {n} (candidate that is the presumptive winner)
|
:: öruggur sigurvegari {m}
|
| shoot {v} (to fire a shot)
|
:: skjóta
|
| shooting star {n} (meteor)
|
:: stjörnuhrap {n}
|
| shop {n} (establishment that sells goods)
|
:: verslun {f}, búð {f}
|
| shop {n} (workshop)
|
:: verkstæði {n}
|
| shop {v} (to visit shops)
|
:: fara í búð(ir), versla
|
| shop assistant {n} (shop employee)
|
:: afgreiðslumaður {m}
|
| shoplifter {n} (one who steals from shops)
|
:: búðarþjófur {m}
|
| shoppe {n} (shop) SEE: shop
|
::
|
| shore {n} (land adjoining a large body of water)
|
:: strönd, bakki {m}
|
| shore bird {n} (shorebird) SEE: shorebird
|
::
|
| shorebird {n} (long-legged bird)
|
:: vaðfugl {m}
|
| shore crab {n} (type of crab, Carcinus maenas)
|
:: bogkrabbi {m}
|
| short {adj} (having a small distance between ends or edges)
|
:: stuttur
|
| short {adj} (of a person, of comparatively small height)
|
:: lágur {m}, lágvaxinn {m}, stuttur {m}, stuttvaxinn {m}
|
| short-billed dowitcher {n} (Limnodromus griseus)
|
:: snípuduðra
|
| shorthand {n} (brief or shortened way of saying or doing something)
|
:: stytting {f}
|
| short of {phrase} (except) SEE: except
|
::
|
| shorts {n} (plural of short) SEE: short
|
::
|
| shorts {n} (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)
|
:: stuttbuxur {f-p}
|
| short story {n} (work of fiction)
|
:: smásaga {f}
|
| short-tailed weasel {n} (Mustela erminea) SEE: ermine
|
::
|
| short-toed snake eagle {n} (Circaetus gallicus)
|
:: snákerna
|
| short ton {n} (USCS ton)
|
:: bandarískt tonn {f}
|
| shot {n} (result of launching a projectile)
|
:: skot {n}
|
| Shota {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Shota
|
| shotgun {n} (gun)
|
:: haglabyssa {f}
|
| shotgun {n} (front seat next to driver)
|
:: framhlaðningur {m}, framsæti {n} (often with definite article)
|
| shot put {n} (athletics event)
|
:: kúluvarp {n}
|
| should {v} (expressing obligation)
|
:: eiga að
|
| shoulder {n} (joint between arm and torso)
|
:: öxl {f}
|
| shoulder {n} (a verge to the side of a road)
|
:: vegöxl {f}, öxl {f}
|
| shoulder {v} (put (something) on one's shoulders)
|
:: axla
|
| shoulder blade {n} (bone)
|
:: herðablað {n}
|
| shoulder bone {n} (shoulder blade) SEE: shoulder blade
|
::
|
| shout {v} (to utter a sudden and loud outcry)
|
:: hrópa, æpa, skrækja, öskra
|
| shovel {n} (spade) SEE: spade
|
::
|
| shovel {n} (tool for moving portions of material)
|
:: skófla {f}
|
| show {v} (to display)
|
:: sýna
|
| showdown {n} (the final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor)
|
:: lokauppgjör {n}
|
| shower {n} (brief fall of rain)
|
:: skúr {f}, demba {f}, skvetta {f}
|
| shower {n} (device for bathing)
|
:: sturta {f}, steypibað {n}
|
| shower {v} (to bathe using a shower)
|
:: fara í sturtu, fara í steypibað
|
| shrew {n} (mouselike animal)
|
:: snjáldurmús {f}, snjáldra {f}
|
| shrimp {n} (decapod crustacean)
|
:: rækja {f}
|
| shrive {v} (confess) SEE: confess
|
::
|
| shroom {n} (mushroom) SEE: mushroom
|
::
|
| shroom {n} (hallucinogenic fungus) SEE: magic mushroom
|
::
|
| shrub {n} (woody plant)
|
:: runni {m}
|
| shudder {n} (shivering tremor)
|
:: hrollur {m}, skjálfti {m}
|
| shudder {n} (moment of almost pleasurable fear; a frisson)
|
:: hrollur {m}
|
| shudder {v} (to shake nervously, as if from fear)
|
:: skjálfa, hrylla við
|
| shudder {v} (to vibrate jerkily)
|
:: skjálfa, hrylla við
|
| shuffle {n} (act of shuffling cards)
|
:: stokkun {f}
|
| shuffle {v} (to put in a random order)
|
:: stokka
|
| shun {v}
|
:: forðast
|
| shut {v} ((transitive) to close)
|
:: loka
|
| shut one's eyes {v} (to ignore or deliberately overlook) SEE: turn a blind eye
|
::
|
| shutter {n} (protective panels over windows)
|
:: gluggahleri {m}, hleri {m}
|
| shutter {n} (part of a camera)
|
:: lokari {m}
|
| shuttle {n} (part of a loom)
|
:: skytta {f}
|
| shuttle {n} (transport service)
|
:: skutla {f}
|
| shuttle {v} (to transport by shuttle)
|
:: skutla
|
| shvitz {n} (sweat) SEE: sweat
|
::
|
| shy {adj} (reserved)
|
:: feiminn
|
| sib {n} (sibling) SEE: sibling
|
::
|
| sib {n} (kindred) SEE: kin
|
::
|
| Siberian Husky {n} (Siberian Husky dog)
|
:: Síberískur husky, Síberíu-husky
|
| Siberian tiger {n} (Panthera tigris altaica)
|
:: síberíutígur
|
| sibling {n} (person who shares same parents)
|
:: systkin {n-p}
|
| sic {v} (incite an attack by)
|
:: siga, etja
|
| Sicilian {n} (chess opening) SEE: Sicilian Defence
|
::
|
| Sicilian Defence {prop} (chess opening)
|
:: Sikileyjarvörn
|
| Sicily {prop} (island)
|
:: Sikiley {f}
|
| sick {adj} (ill) SEE: ill
|
::
|
| sick and tired {adj}
|
:: fá sig fullsaddan af
|
| sickle {n} (agricultural implement)
|
:: sigð {f}
|
| side {n} (bounding straight edge of an object)
|
:: hlið {f}
|
| side {n} (surface of a sheet of paper)
|
:: blaðsíða
|
| sideband {n} (band of frequencies on each side of the frequency of a carrier wave)
|
:: hliðarband {n}
|
| sideboard {n} (sideburns) SEE: sideburns
|
::
|
| sideburn {n} (sideburns) SEE: sideburns
|
::
|
| sideburns {n} (facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin)
|
:: bartar {m-p}
|
| side by side {adv}
|
:: hlið við hlið
|
| sideproduct {n} (byproduct) SEE: byproduct
|
::
|
| side-straddle hop {n} (jumping jack) SEE: jumping jack
|
::
|
| sidewalk {n} (paved footpath)
|
:: gangstétt {f}, fortóv {n}
|
| Sidon {prop} (city state of Phoenicia)
|
:: Sídon
|
| siege {n} (lavatory) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| Sierra Leone {prop} (Republic of Sierra Leone)
|
:: Síerra Leóne {n}
|
| sieve {n} (device to separate larger objects from smaller ones or from liquids)
|
:: sáld {n}
|
| sieve {n} (process that filters out unwanted pieces of input)
|
:: sáldur {n}
|
| sieve of Eratosthenes {prop} (ancient algorithm)
|
:: sáldur Eratosþenesar {n}, sigti Eratosþenesar {n}
|
| sievert {n} (SI unit of radiation dose)
|
:: sívert {n}
|
| Sif {prop} (wife of Thor)
|
:: Sif {f}
|
| sign {n} (visible indication)
|
:: tákn {n}
|
| sign {v} (to make (a document) official by writing one's signature)
|
:: undirrita, skrifa undir
|
| sign {v} (to write one's signature on a document)
|
:: undirrita, skrifa undir
|
| signature {n} (person’s autograph name)
|
:: undirskrift {f}
|
| sign in {v} (log in) SEE: log in
|
::
|
| sign language {n} (sign language)
|
:: [sign language] táknmál {n}, [finger language] fingramál {n}
|
| Sigrid {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Sigríður
|
| silence {n} (lack of any sound)
|
:: þögn {f}, ró {f}
|
| silence {interj} (be silent)
|
:: þögn!
|
| silence is golden {proverb} (proverb)
|
:: þögn er gulls ígildi (no one is completely stupid if they can hold their silence) enginn er allheimskur ef þegja má
|
| silent {adj} (free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet)
|
:: hljóður {m}
|
| silent {adj} (to refrain from speaking) SEE: be silent
|
::
|
| silent as the grave {adj} (to say absolutely nothing)
|
:: þegja eins og steinn (be silent like stone)
|
| Silesia {prop} (region)
|
:: Slésía {f}
|
| silhouette {n} (representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color)
|
:: skuggamynd {f}
|
| silicic {adj} (relating to silica)
|
:: kísil-
|
| silicic acid {n} (any of a range of hydrates of silica)
|
:: kísilsýra {f}
|
| silicon {n} (non-metallic element)
|
:: kísill {?}
|
| silicotuberculosis {n} (silicosis-related tuberculosis)
|
:: kísillungnaberklar {n-p}
|
| silk {n} (fiber)
|
:: silki
|
| silkworm {n} (caterpillar)
|
:: silkiormur {m}
|
| silly season {n} (period when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting bizarre stories)
|
:: gúrkutíð {f}
|
| silver {n} (metal)
|
:: silfur {n}
|
| silver {n} (coins)
|
:: silfur {n}, mynt {f} [silver coin]
|
| silver {n} (color/colour)
|
:: silfur, silfurlitaður
|
| silverfish {n} (type of bristletail)
|
:: silfurskotta
|
| silvern {adj} (made from silver) SEE: silver
|
::
|
| silver nitrate {n} (silver salt of nitric acid, AgNO3)
|
:: vítissteinn {m}, silfurnítrat {n}
|
| SIM card {n} (small, removable card which stores mobile phone data)
|
:: SIM-kort {n}, símkort {n}
|
| similar {adj} (of geometric figures, having the same shape)
|
:: einslaga, einslagaður, einshyrndur
|
| simile {n} (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another)
|
:: líking {f}, samlíking {f}, viðlíking {f}
|
| Simon says {n} (children's game)
|
:: Símon segir
|
| simple {adj} (uncomplicated)
|
:: einfaldur {m}
|
| simple {adj} (simple-minded)
|
:: einfaldur {m}
|
| simple fraction {n} (type of fraction) SEE: common fraction
|
::
|
| simplex {n} (an analogue in any dimension of the triangle or tetrahedron)
|
:: hyrna {f}
|
| simply {adv} (in a simple manner)
|
:: einfaldlega
|
| sin {n} (violation of religious law)
|
:: synd {f}
|
| sin {n} (misdeed)
|
:: synd {f}, misgjörð, misgerð, yfirsjón
|
| sin {v} (to commit a sin)
|
:: syndga
|
| since {prep} (from (time))
|
:: síðan
|
| sincere {adj} (earnest)
|
:: einlægur
|
| sine {n} (trigonometric function)
|
:: sínus {m}
|
| sinew {n} (cord or tendon of the body) SEE: tendon
|
::
|
| sinful {adj} (evil) SEE: evil
|
::
|
| sinful {adj} (constituting sin)
|
:: syndugur
|
| sing {v} (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice)
|
:: syngja
|
| Singapore {prop} (Republic of Singapore)
|
:: Singapúr {n}
|
| singe {v} (to burn slightly)
|
:: svíða, brenna, sviðna, brenna lítillega
|
| singer {n} (person who sings)
|
:: söngvari {m}
|
| singer {n} (female person who sings)
|
:: söngkona {f}
|
| single {n} (one-way ticket) SEE: one-way ticket
|
::
|
| single bed {n} (bed for one person)
|
:: einbreitt rúm {n}, einstaklingsrúm {n}
|
| single room {n} (a hotel room with one single bed)
|
:: eins manns herbergi {n}, einstaklingsherbergi {n}
|
| single ticket {n} (one-way ticket) SEE: one-way ticket
|
::
|
| singleton {n} (math: set)
|
:: einstökungur {m}, einsstaksmengi {n}
|
| singular {adj} (grammar: referring to only one thing)
|
:: eintala {f}, et. {f}
|
| singular {n} (grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing)
|
:: eintala {f}
|
| singulare tantum {n} (grammar, noun having the singular form only)
|
:: eintöluorð {n}, eintölunafnorð {n}
|
| sink {v} (descend into liquid, etc)
|
:: sökkva
|
| sink {v} (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
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:: sökkva
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| sink {v} (push (something) into)
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:: sökkva
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| sink {n} (basin)
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:: vaskur {m}
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| sinless {adj} (without sin)
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:: syndlaus
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| sinusoid {adj} (sinusoidal) SEE: sinusoidal
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::
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| sinusoid {n} (sine curve)
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:: sínusferill {m}
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| sinusoidal {adj} (in the form of a sine wave)
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:: sínus-, sínuslaga {f}
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| sip {n} (A small mouthful of drink)
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:: sopi {m}
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| sip {v} (to drink slowly, small mouthfuls at a time)
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:: bergja
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| sir {n} (address to any male, especially if his name or proper address is unknown)
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:: herra {m}
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| sister {n} (woman or girl having the same parents)
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:: systir
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| sister city {n} (city in a relationship of cordiality)
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:: vinabær {m}
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| sister-in-law {n} (wife's sister)
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:: mágkona {f}
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| sister-in-law {n} (husband's sister)
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:: mágkona {f}
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| sister-in-law {n} (brother's wife)
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:: mágkona {f}
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| sister-in-law {n} (wife's brother's wife)
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:: svilkona {f}
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| sister-in-law {n} (husband's brother's wife)
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:: svilkona {f}
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| sit {v} (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
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:: sitja
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| sitting room {n} (living room) SEE: living room
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::
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| six {num} (cardinal number)
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:: sex
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| six hundred {num} (cardinal number 600)
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:: sex hundruð
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| six o'clock {n} (the start of the seventh hour)
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:: klukkan sex
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| sixteen {num} (cardinal number 16)
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:: sextán
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| sixteenth note {n} (sixteenth note) SEE: semiquaver
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::
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| sixth {adj} (ordinal form of the number six, see also: 6th)
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:: sjötti
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| six thousand {num} (6000)
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:: sex þúsund
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| sixtieth {adj} (the ordinal form of the number sixty)
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:: sextugasta
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| sixty {num} (cardinal number)
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:: sextíu
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| sixty-five {num} (cardinal number)
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:: sextíu og fimm
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| sixty-four {num} (cardinal number)
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:: sextíu og fjórir
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| sixty-nine {n} (cardinal number)
|
:: sextíu og níu
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| sixty-nine {n}
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:: sextíu og níu
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| sixty-one {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: sextíu og einn
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| sixty-three {num} (cardinal number)
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:: sextíu og þrír
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| sixty-two {num} (cardinal number)
|
:: sextíu og tveir
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| size {n} (dimensions or magnitude of a thing)
|
:: stærð {f}
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| skald {n} (a Nordic poet of the Viking Age)
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:: skáld
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| skate {n} (fish of family Rajidae)
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:: skata {f}
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| skateboard {n} (platform on wheels)
|
:: hjólabretti {n}
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| skateboard {v} (to use a skateboard)
|
:: [slang] skeita
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| skeeter {n} (mosquito) SEE: mosquito
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::
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| skeleton {n} (system that provides support to an organism)
|
:: beinagrind
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| skeptical {adj} (having, or expressing doubt)
|
:: vantrúaður {m}
|
| skepticism {n} (general disposition to doubt)
|
:: efahyggja
|
| skerry {n} (small rocky island)
|
:: sker {n}
|
| sketch {n} (quick freehand drawing)
|
:: skissa {f}
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| skewer {n} (pin used to secure food during cooking)
|
:: spýta {f}
|
| ski {n} (one of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow)
|
:: skíði {n}, andri {m}, öndur {m}
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| ski {v} (to move on skis)
|
:: skíða
|
| ski boot {n} (specialized footwear used in skiing)
|
:: skíðaskór {m}
|
| skid mark {n} (black mark left on a road surface from tires)
|
:: bremsufar {n}
|
| skidmark {n} (black mark left on a road surface from tires)
|
:: bremsufar {n}
|
| skier {n} (someone who practices skiing)
|
:: skíðamaður {m}
|
| ski jumping {n} (a winter sport)
|
:: skíðastökk {n}
|
| skimble-skamble {n} (gibberish, mumbo-jumbo, nonsense) SEE: nonsense
|
::
|
| skimmed milk {n} (skim milk) SEE: skim milk
|
::
|
| skim milk {n} (milk with removed cream)
|
:: undanrenna {f}, léttmjólk {f}
|
| skin {n} (outer protective of the body of a person or animal)
|
:: húð {f}, skinn {n}, hörund {n}
|
| skin {n} (skin and fur of an animal used by humans)
|
:: skinn {n}
|
| skip {v} (to jump rope) SEE: jump rope
|
::
|
| skipping rope {n} (rope for play or exercise)
|
:: sippuband {n}
|
| skip rope {n} (rope used) SEE: skipping rope
|
::
|
| skip rope {v} (to jump over a rope) SEE: jump rope
|
::
|
| ski resort {n} (resort for skiers)
|
:: skíðasvæði {n}
|
| skirt {n} (clothing)
|
:: pils {n}
|
| Skopje {prop} (capital of North Macedonia)
|
:: Skopje
|
| Skopje {prop} (North Macedonia) SEE: North Macedonia
|
::
|
| skulduggery {n} (devious device or trick)
|
:: prettir {n-p}, leynimakk {n}, undirferli {f} {n}, fláræði {n}
|
| skull {n} (bones of the head: cranium and mandible)
|
:: höfuðkúpa, hauskúpa {f}
|
| skunk {n} (animal)
|
:: skunkur {m}
|
| sky {n} (atmosphere above a point)
|
:: himinn {m}
|
| sky {n} (heaven)
|
:: himinn {m}
|
| skylark {n} (small brown passerine bird)
|
:: sönglævirki {m}
|
| skyline {n} (horizon) SEE: horizon
|
::
|
| skyrocket {n} (pocket) SEE: pocket
|
::
|
| skyrocket {n} (type of firework)
|
:: eldflaug {f}, raketta {f}
|
| skyscraper {n} (tall building)
|
:: skýjakljúfur {m}
|
| slag {n} (the scoria of a volcano)
|
:: gjall {n}
|
| slaty-backed gull {n} (Larus schistisagus)
|
:: hellumáfur {m}
|
| slaughterhouse {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir
|
::
|
| slave {n} (person owned by another)
|
:: þræll {m}
|
| slave {v} (to work hard)
|
:: þræla, púla
|
| slave-girl {n} (female slave)
|
:: ambátt
|
| slaveowner {n} (anyone that has control over another human being)
|
:: þrælahaldari {m}
|
| slavery {n} (institution or practice of owning human beings)
|
:: þrælahald {?}
|
| slavery {n} (condition of servitude endured by a slave)
|
:: þrælahald {?}
|
| Slavonian grebe {n} (Podiceps auritus)
|
:: flórgoði {m}
|
| slay {v} (to kill, murder)
|
:: bana
|
| sled {n} (sledge) SEE: sledge
|
::
|
| sledge {n} (sleigh or sled)
|
:: sleði {m}
|
| sleep {v} (to rest in state of reduced consciousness)
|
:: sofa
|
| sleep {n} (state of reduced consciousness)
|
:: svefn {m}
|
| sleep {n} (substance found in the corner of the eyes (gound), sometimes as a figurative objectification of sleep, see also: )
|
:: stírur {n-p}
|
| sleeper {n} (railroad sleeping car) SEE: sleeping car
|
::
|
| sleepiness {n} (property of being sleepy)
|
:: svefnhöfgi {f}, syfja {f}
|
| sleeping bag {n} (padded or insulated bag)
|
:: svefnpoki {m}
|
| Sleeping Beauty {prop} (fairy tale)
|
:: Þyrnirós {f}
|
| Sleeping Beauty {prop} (main character in this story)
|
:: Þyrnirós {f}
|
| sleeping car {n} (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.)
|
:: svefnvagn {m}
|
| sleeping pill {n} (a pill having a soporific effect)
|
:: svefnpilla {f}
|
| sleeplessness {n} (property of being sleepless)
|
:: andvaka {f}
|
| sleep over {v} (to sleep over)
|
:: gista
|
| sleep talk {v} (to talk whilst asleep)
|
:: að tala sofandi, tala upp úr svefni
|
| sleepwalker {n} (somnambulist) SEE: somnambulist
|
::
|
| sleepwalking {n} (act of walking while not conscious or aware of it, during sleep)
|
:: svefnganga {f}
|
| sleepy {adj} (feeling the need for sleep)
|
:: syfjaður, þreyttur
|
| sleepy head {n} (a sleepy person) SEE: sleepyhead
|
::
|
| sleepyhead {n} (sleepy person)
|
:: svefnpurka {f}
|
| sleet {n} (mixture of rain and snow)
|
:: slydda {f}, kraparigning {f}, bleytukafald {n}
|
| sleet {n} (glaze ice formed by freezing rain)
|
:: ískorn {n}, ísing {f}
|
| sleet {v} (to be in a state in which sleet is falling)
|
:: setja niður slyddu, vera slydda
|
| sleeve {n} (part of a garment that covers the arm)
|
:: ermi {f}
|
| sleigh {n} (vehicle on runners) SEE: sledge
|
::
|
| slender-billed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus genei)
|
:: bleikmáfur {m}
|
| slice {n} (thin, broad piece cut off)
|
:: sneið {f}
|
| slide {v} (to cause to move in contact with a surface)
|
:: renna
|
| slide {v} (to move in continuous contact with a surface)
|
:: renna
|
| slide {n} (item of play equipment)
|
:: renna {f}, rennibraut {f}
|
| slide {n} (valve in a trombone)
|
:: sleði {m}
|
| slide {n} (transparent image for projecting)
|
:: skyggna {f}
|
| slide fastener {n} (zip fastener) SEE: zip fastener
|
::
|
| slime {n} (mucilaginous substance or mucus-like substance)
|
:: slím {n}
|
| slimicide {n} (pesticide designed to kill organisms that produce slime)
|
:: slímvarnarefni {n}
|
| slingshot {n} (Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles, see also: sling)
|
:: teygjubyssa {f}
|
| slip of the tongue {n} (mistake in speech)
|
:: mismæli {n}
|
| slipper {n} (low shoe usually worn indoors)
|
:: inniskór {m}
|
| sliver {n} (a long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment)
|
:: flís {f}, flaski {m}
|
| slogan {n} (phrase associated with a product, used in advertising)
|
:: slagorð {n}
|
| sloop {n} (single-masted sailboat)
|
:: slúppa
|
| sloth {n} (laziness)
|
:: leti {f}, ómennska {f}, dugleysi {n}, dáðleysi {n}
|
| sloth {n} (mammal)
|
:: letidýr {n}
|
| slot machine {n} (vending machine) SEE: vending machine
|
::
|
| Slovak {adj} (of Slovakia or its language)
|
:: slóvaskur, slóvakískur
|
| Slovak {n} (native of Slovakia)
|
:: Slóvaki {m}
|
| Slovak {n} (language of Slovakia)
|
:: slóvakíska {f}, slóvaska {f}
|
| Slovakia {prop} (Slovakia)
|
:: Slóvakía {f}
|
| Slovakian {adj} (of or pertaining to Slovakia) SEE: Slovak
|
::
|
| Slovakian {n} (a person from Slovakia or of Slovakian descent) SEE: Slovak
|
::
|
| Slovak Republic {prop} (official name of Slovakia)
|
:: Lýðveldið Slóvakía
|
| Slovene {n} (a person)
|
:: Slóveni {m}
|
| Slovene {prop} (the language)
|
:: slóvenska {f}
|
| Slovenia {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Slóvenía {f}
|
| Slovenian {adj} (Slovene) SEE: Slovene
|
::
|
| Slovenian {n} (language) SEE: Slovene
|
::
|
| Slovenian {n} (person) SEE: Slovene
|
::
|
| slow {adj} (not quick in motion)
|
:: hægur, seinn
|
| slowly {adv} (at a slow pace)
|
:: hægt, rólega, rólega
|
| slow news day {n} (day of nothing exciting to report)
|
:: gúrkutíð
|
| slow-witted {adj} (lacking a keen or swift intellect)
|
:: treggáfaður, tregur
|
| slug {n} (lazy person) SEE: sluggard
|
::
|
| sluggard {n} (lazy or idle person)
|
:: letingi {m}, letiblóð {n}, iðjuleysingi {m}
|
| slumber party {n} (a sleepover)
|
:: náttfatapartí {n}
|
| slurp {v} (eat or drink noisily)
|
:: sötra
|
| Slurpee {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) SEE: slush
|
::
|
| slush {n} (half-melted snow)
|
:: slabb {n}, krap {n}
|
| slushie {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) SEE: slush
|
::
|
| Slush Puppie {n} (slush) SEE: slush
|
::
|
| slushy {n} (flavored shaved ice served as a drink) SEE: slush
|
::
|
| slut {n} (prostitute) SEE: prostitute
|
::
|
| smack {n} ((slang) heroin) SEE: horse
|
::
|
| small {adj} (not large)
|
:: smár, lítill
|
| small clause {n} (minimal predicate structures that possess arguments and predicates but no tense)
|
:: smásetning {f}
|
| smallest room {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| smallpox {n} (disease)
|
:: bólusótt {f}
|
| small talk {n} (idle conversation)
|
:: rabb, mas
|
| smaragdine {n} (emerald) SEE: emerald
|
::
|
| smart {adj} (exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books)
|
:: snjall
|
| smart card {n} (plastic card that has information stored on a computer chip)
|
:: snjallkort {n}
|
| smartphone {n} (electronic handheld device)
|
:: snjallsími {m}
|
| smartwatch {n} (wristwatch)
|
:: snjallúr {n}
|
| smash {v} (to break violently)
|
:: mölva
|
| smegma {n} (sebaceous secretion)
|
:: reðurfarði {m}, limfarði {m}, ostur {m}
|
| smell {n} (sensation)
|
:: lykt {f}
|
| smell {n} (sense of smell)
|
:: lyktarskyn {f}
|
| smell {v} (sense with nose)
|
:: finna lykt(ina) af
|
| smell {v} (to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")
|
:: lykta
|
| smell you later {interj} (see you later; goodbye) SEE: goodbye
|
::
|
| smile {n} (a happy face expression using mouth, but without producing voice)
|
:: bros {n}
|
| smile {v} (to have a smile on one's face)
|
:: brosa
|
| smith {n} (craftsperson who works metal, see also: blacksmith)
|
:: smiður {m}, járnsmiður {m}, málmsmiður {m}
|
| smog {n} (urban air pollution)
|
:: þreykur {m}, reykjarmóða {f}, mengunarmóða {f}
|
| smoke {v} (to inhale and exhale smoke from a burning cigarette)
|
:: reykja
|
| smoke {n} (visible particles and vapour given off by burning material)
|
:: reykur {m}
|
| smoke alarm {n} (smoke detector) SEE: smoke detector
|
::
|
| smoke detector {n} (device)
|
:: reykskynjari {m}
|
| smoker {n} (person who smokes tobacco habitually)
|
:: reykingamaður {m}
|
| smokestack {n} (a conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out) SEE: chimney
|
::
|
| smoking {n} (smoking of tobacco)
|
:: reykingar {f-p}
|
| smooth {adj} (lacking friction, not rough)
|
:: sléttur {m}
|
| smoothie {n} (drink)
|
:: þeytingur {m}
|
| smorgasbord {n} (Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes, see also: buffet)
|
:: hlaðborð {n}
|
| smurf {n} (fictional character)
|
:: strumpur {m}
|
| snail {n} (any animal of the class Gastropoda having a shell)
|
:: snigill {m}
|
| snail mail {n} (postal mail)
|
:: sniglapóstur {m}
|
| snake {n} (legless reptile)
|
:: snákur {m}, slanga {f}
|
| snake in the grass {n} (a treacherous person)
|
:: eiturnaðra {f}, rógberi {m}, slanga í paradís {f}
|
| snap {v} (to snap one's fingers)
|
:: smella
|
| snap {v} (to take a photograph; to photograph)
|
:: smella, snappa [colloquial]
|
| snap {interj}
|
:: strumpur
|
| snare drum {n} (tubular drum)
|
:: sneriltromma {f}
|
| snath {n} (shaft of a scythe)
|
:: orf {n}
|
| sneaker {n} (leisure shoes, often worn for sports; trainers)
|
:: strigaskór {m}
|
| sneaker wave {n} (large coastal wave that appears without warning)
|
:: ólag {n}
|
| sneeze {v} (expel air as a reflex)
|
:: hnerra
|
| snide {adj} (nasty, sarcastic)
|
:: illkvittinn {m}, meinhæðinn {m}
|
| snide {adj} (tricky, deceptive)
|
:: fyrirlítanlegur {m}
|
| snip {n} (The act of snipping)
|
:: snifsi {n}
|
| sniper {n} (a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)
|
:: leyniskytta {f}
|
| sniper {n} (any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position)
|
:: leyniskytta {f}
|
| snob {n} (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes)
|
:: snobb {n}
|
| snog {v} (slang: kiss passionately)
|
:: fara í sleik
|
| snooker {n} (cue sport)
|
:: snóker
|
| snore {v} (breathe during sleep with harsh noises)
|
:: hrjóta
|
| snot {n} (mucus)
|
:: hor {n}
|
| snout {n} (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast)
|
:: trýni {n}, snjáldur {m}
|
| snow {n} (precipitation)
|
:: snjór {m}, snær {m}, fönn {f}
|
| snow {n} (TV noise)
|
:: snjór {m}
|
| snow {n} (collective precipitation)
|
:: snjókoma {f}
|
| snow {v} (have snow fall from the sky)
|
:: snjóa, fenna
|
| snow-blind {adj} (blinded by abundance of reflected light)
|
:: snjóblindur
|
| snowboard {n} (board)
|
:: snjóbretti {n}
|
| snowboot {n} (a water-resistant type of footwear)
|
:: snjóstígvél {n}
|
| snowflake {n} (crystal)
|
:: snjókorn {n}
|
| snow fox {n} (arctic fox) SEE: arctic fox
|
::
|
| snow globe {n} (decorative object)
|
:: snjókúla {f}, jólakúla {f}
|
| snow goose {n} (Chen caerulescens)
|
:: snjógæs {f}
|
| snowman {n} (figure made of snow)
|
:: snjókarl {m}
|
| Snow Queen {prop} (fairy tale character with power over snow and ice)
|
:: Snædrottningin {f}
|
| snowstorm {n} (bad weather involving blowing winds and snow)
|
:: snjóstormur {m}, stórhríð {f}, kafaldsbylur {m}
|
| snow-white {adj} (as white as snow)
|
:: mjallhvítur
|
| Snow White {prop} (character from Snow White (Schneewittchen))
|
:: Mjallhvít {f}
|
| snowy owl {n} (large white owl)
|
:: snæugla {f}
|
| snus {n} (type of tobacco snuff)
|
:: snus {n}, snustóbak {n}
|
| so {adv} (in a particular manner)
|
:: svona
|
| soap {n} (soap opera) SEE: soap opera
|
::
|
| soap {n} (substance)
|
:: sápa {f}
|
| soap bubble {n} (sphere of soap water)
|
:: sápukúla {f}
|
| soap opera {n} (television serial)
|
:: sápuópera {f}
|
| sob {n} (a cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath)
|
:: snökkt {n}, ekki {m}, ekkasog {n}, andvarp {n}
|
| sob {v} (weep with convulsive gasps)
|
:: snökta, stynja, andvarpa, gráta, stynja upp
|
| sob {v} (say (something) while sobbing)
|
:: stynja upp, segja frá með ekka
|
| soccer {n} (game)
|
:: fótbolti {m}, knattspyrna {f}
|
| social distancing {n} (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases)
|
:: samskiptafjarlægð {f}
|
| socialism {n} (political philosophy of social and economic equality)
|
:: jafnaðarstefna {f}, sósíalismi {m}
|
| socialist {n} (one who practices or advocates socialism)
|
:: sósíalisti {m}
|
| socialization {n} (sociology: the process of learning one’s culture)
|
:: félagsmótun {f}
|
| social media {n} (interactive forms of media)
|
:: samfélagsmiðill {m}
|
| society {n} (group of people sharing culture)
|
:: samfélag {n}, þjóðfélag {n}
|
| society {n} (group of persons who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest)
|
:: félag {n}
|
| society {n} (people of one’s country or community as a whole)
|
:: samfélag {n} (usually with definite article)
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| sociolect {n} (variant of language used by a social group)
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:: stéttamállýska {f}, félagsleg málgerð {f}
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| sociology {n} (study of society, human social interactions, etc.)
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:: félagsfræði {f}
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| sock {n} (covering for the foot)
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:: sokkur {m}
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| sock {n} (sock puppet) SEE: sock puppet
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::
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| socket {n} (mechanical opening)
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:: innstunga {f}
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| sock puppet {n} (simple puppet made from a sock)
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:: sokkabrúða
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| Socrates {prop} (Greek philosopher)
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:: Sókrates {m}
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| soda {n} (sweet, carbonated drink)
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:: gos {n}, gosdrykkur {m}
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| sodium {n} (reactive metal)
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:: natrín {n}, natríum {n}
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| sodium chloride {n} (chemical term for table salt; NaCl)
|
:: natríumklóríð {n}
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| sodium hydroxide {n} (caustic alkali)
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:: natríumhýdroxíð {n}
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| sodium nitrate {n} (sodium salt of nitric acid)
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:: Sílesaltpétur {m}, Chile-saltpétur {m}, natíumnítrat {n}
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| sofa {n} (upholstered seat)
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:: sófi {m}
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| Sofia {prop} (the capital city of Bulgaria)
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:: Sófía
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| soft {adj} (foolish) SEE: foolish
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::
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| soft {adj} (giving way under pressure)
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:: mjúkur
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| soft as a baby's bottom {adj} (extremely soft)
|
:: mjúkur sem barnsrass
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| soft-boiled {adj} (of an egg)
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:: linsoðinn
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| soft drink {n} (sweet, non-alcoholic carbonated beverage)
|
:: gosdrykkur {m}
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| soft roe {n} (milt) SEE: milt
|
::
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| soft spot {n} (fontanelle) SEE: fontanelle
|
::
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| soft spot {n} (sentimental fondness or affection)
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:: veikleiki {m}
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| soft spot {n} (point of vulnerability)
|
:: veikur punktur {m}, veikur blettur {m}, snöggur blettur {m}
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| software {n} (encoded computer instructions)
|
:: hugbúnaður {m}
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| software engineering {n} (subfield of engineering concerned with the development, operation, and maintenance of software)
|
:: hugbúnaðarverkfræði {f}
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| soil {n} (mixture of sand and organic material)
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:: jörð {f}
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| soil {n} (mineral or organic material serving as a natural medium for the growth of land plants)
|
:: jarðvegur {m}
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| soil {n} (unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth)
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:: jarðvegur {m}
|
| sojourn {n} (A short stay somewhere)
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:: dvöl {f}, viðdvöl {f}
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| sojourn {v} (Stay temporarily)
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:: dveljast um tíma, hafa viðdvöl
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| solar eclipse {n} (when the Moon passes between the Earth and the sun)
|
:: sólmyrkvi {m}
|
| solar system {n} (any collection of heavenly bodies orbiting a star)
|
:: sólkerfi {n}
|
| solar system {prop} (Solar System) SEE: Solar System
|
::
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| Solar System {prop} (the Sun and all the heavenly bodies that orbit around it)
|
:: sólkerfi
|
| solar wind {n} (outflow of charged particles from the solar corona into space)
|
:: sólvindur {m}
|
| solder {n} (any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together)
|
:: lóðmálmur {m}, lóðtin {n}, brasmálmur {m}, loðningarefni {n}
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| solder {v} (to join with solder)
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:: lóða, brasa, sjóða saman, kveikja, kveikja saman
|
| soldering {n} (method of joining two metallic surfaces by melting an alloy between them)
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:: lóðun {f}, tinlóðun {f}
|
| soldering iron {n} (tool)
|
:: lóðbolti {m}
|
| soldier {n} (member of an army)
|
:: hermaður {m}, dáti {m}
|
| soldier on {v} (continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty)
|
:: seiglast við, láta ekki deigan síga, halda ótrauður áfram, láta engan bilbug á sér finna, halda sínu striki, gefast ekki upp
|
| sole {n} (bottom of the foot)
|
:: il {f}
|
| sole {n} (bottom of a shoe or boot)
|
:: sóli {m}, skósóli {m}
|
| solicitor {n} (lawyer offering legal services to clients apart from acting as court advocate)
|
:: lögfræðingur {m}, málafærslumaður {m}
|
| solicitor {n} (lawyer whose role has merged with that of a barrister)
|
:: lögfræðingur {m}, málafærslumaður {m}
|
| solicitor {n} (person soliciting sales)
|
:: dyrasölumaður {m}, sölumaður {m}
|
| solid {adj} (in the solid state)
|
:: storkuhamur
|
| soliloquy {n} (act of a character speaking to himself)
|
:: eintal {n}, einræða {f}
|
| soliloquy {n} (speech or written discourse in this form)
|
:: eintal {n}, einræða {f}, einræða persónu {f}
|
| solipede {n} (mammal with a single hoof on each foot)
|
:: hófdýr {n}
|
| solitaire {n} (patience) SEE: patience
|
::
|
| solitary sandpiper {n} (Tringa solitaria)
|
:: svölustelkur
|
| solitude {n} (state of being alone)
|
:: einsemd {f}
|
| Solon {prop} (statesman and lawgiver)
|
:: Sólon {m}
|
| solstice {n} (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
|
:: sólstöður {f-p}, sólhvörf {n-p}
|
| solution {n} (liquid mixture)
|
:: lausn {f}
|
| solution {n} (answer to a problem (mathematics))
|
:: útkoma {f}
|
| Somali {n} (a language)
|
:: Sómalska {m}
|
| Somalia {prop} (country in the Horn of Africa)
|
:: Sómalía {f}
|
| Somalian {adj} (pertaining to Somalia) SEE: Somali
|
::
|
| Somalian {n} (someone from Somalia) SEE: Somali
|
::
|
| sombrero {n} (hat)
|
:: mexíkanahattur {m}
|
| some {pron} (certain number)
|
:: sum {n-p}, sumar {f-p}, sumir {m-p}
|
| somebody {pron} (some unspecified person)
|
:: einhver {m}
|
| someone {pron} (some person)
|
:: einhver
|
| someone else {pron} (some other person)
|
:: einhver annar {m}, einhver önnur {f} (einhvað annað {n}/eitthvert annað {n})
|
| somersault {n} (the act of going head over heels)
|
:: kollhnís {m}, heljarstökk {n}
|
| something {pron} (unspecified object)
|
:: eitthvað
|
| sometime {adv} (obsolete: sometimes) SEE: sometimes
|
::
|
| sometimes {adv} (on certain occasions, but not always)
|
:: stundum, af og til
|
| somewhat {pron} (something) SEE: something
|
::
|
| somewhere {adv} (in some place)
|
:: einhvers staðar
|
| somewhither {adv} (to some place) SEE: somewhere
|
::
|
| somnambulation {n} (sleepwalking) SEE: sleepwalking
|
::
|
| somnambulist {n} (a sleepwalker)
|
:: svefngengill {m}
|
| son {n} (a male person in relation to his parents)
|
:: sonur {m}
|
| sonar {n} (device)
|
:: ómsjá {f}, sónar {m}
|
| sonata {n} (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)
|
:: sónata {f}
|
| sonata form {n} (a form of classical music)
|
:: sónötuform {n}
|
| sonatina {n} (piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler)
|
:: sónatína {f}
|
| song {n} (music with words)
|
:: lag {n}, söngur {m}
|
| Song of Solomon {prop} (book of the Bible) SEE: Song of Songs
|
::
|
| Song of Songs {prop} (book of the Bible)
|
:: Ljóðaljóðin {m}
|
| song sparrow {n} (Melospiza melodia)
|
:: ómtittlingur
|
| sonic {adj} (of or relating to sound)
|
:: hljóð-
|
| son of a bitch {n} (objectionable person)
|
:: tíkarsonur {m}
|
| soon {adv} (within a short time)
|
:: bráðum, brátt, fljótlega
|
| soothsayer {n} (one who predicts the future)
|
:: spámaður {m} [male], spákona {f} [female]
|
| Sophocles {prop} (Greek dramatic poet)
|
:: Sófókles {m}
|
| sorb {n} (wild service tree) SEE: wild service tree
|
::
|
| Sorbian {prop} (language)
|
:: sorbneska
|
| sororal nephew {n} (sister’s son)
|
:: systursonur {m}
|
| sororal niece {n} (sister’s daughter)
|
:: systurdóttir {f}
|
| sorrow {n} (unhappiness)
|
:: sorg {f}
|
| sorry {interj} (expression of regret or sorrow)
|
:: fyrirgefðu, afsakið, fyrirgefðu mér
|
| sorry {interj} (request to repeat)
|
:: afsakið?, fyrirgefðu?
|
| sort {n} (type)
|
:: gerð {f}, tegund {f}, sort {f}
|
| sort {v} (separate according to certain criteria)
|
:: flokka, sortera
|
| so-so {adj} (neither good nor bad)
|
:: svona..., svona svona
|
| so that {conj} (in order to)
|
:: þannig að
|
| soul {n} (the spirit or essence of a person that is often believed to live on after the person's death)
|
:: sál {f}
|
| sound {adj}
|
:: [1] heilbrigður, [1, 2] í lagi, [1,2] heill, [2] öruggur
|
| sound {n} (sensation perceived by the ear)
|
:: hljóð {n}
|
| sound {n}
|
:: [1] hljóð {n}
|
| sound {v} (to produce a sound)
|
:: hljóma, hljóða
|
| sound {n} (long narrow inlet)
|
:: sund {n}
|
| sound {n} (cuttlefish) SEE: cuttlefish
|
::
|
| sound {adj} (sound asleep) SEE: sound asleep
|
::
|
| Sound {prop} (strait that separates Zealand from Scania)
|
:: Eyrarsund {n}
|
| sound asleep {adj} (sleeping still and silently)
|
:: að steinsofa, í fasta svefni
|
| sound card {n} (a computer hardware device used for generating and capturing sounds)
|
:: hljóðkort {n}
|
| soup {n} (dish)
|
:: súpa {f}
|
| souped-up {adj} (drunk, intoxicated) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| souped-up {adj} (excited) SEE: excited
|
::
|
| soupçon {n} (suspicion, suggestion) SEE: suspicion
|
::
|
| sour {adj} (having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste)
|
:: súr
|
| sour cream {n} (cream which has been treated with a benign bacterium)
|
:: sýrður rjómi {m}
|
| south {n} (compass point)
|
:: suður {n}
|
| South Africa {prop} (country)
|
:: Suður-Afríka
|
| South America {prop} (continent that is the southern part of the Americas)
|
:: Suður-Ameríka {f}
|
| South Asia {prop} (South Asia)
|
:: Suður-Asía {f}
|
| South Dakota {prop} (state of the USA)
|
:: Suður-Dakóta
|
| Southeast Asia {prop} (a subregion of Asia)
|
:: Suðaustur-Asía
|
| southern elephant seal {n} (Mirounga leonina)
|
:: suðlægi sæfílinn {m}, kóngasæfíll {m}
|
| Southern Europe {prop} (Southern Europe)
|
:: Suður-Evrópa
|
| southern lights {n} (the aurora of the southern hemisphere)
|
:: suðurljós {n-p}
|
| Southern Ocean {prop} (the ocean surrounding Antarctica)
|
:: Suður-Íshaf
|
| South Island {prop} (one of the two major islands making up New Zealand)
|
:: Suðurey {f}
|
| South Korea {prop} (country in East Asia)
|
:: Suður-Kórea {f}
|
| South Korean {n} (person from or descended from South Korea)
|
:: Suður-Kóreumaður {m}, Suður-Kóreubúi {m}
|
| South Korean {adj} (of South Korea)
|
:: suðurkóreskur
|
| South Pole {prop} (the southernmost point on Earth)
|
:: suðurheimskaut {n}, suðurskaut {n}, suðurpóll {m}
|
| South Sea {prop} (Southern Ocean) SEE: Southern Ocean
|
::
|
| South Sudan {prop} (country in Africa)
|
:: Suður-Súdan {n}
|
| souvenir {n} (item of sentimental value to remember an event or location)
|
:: minjagripur {m}, minningargripur {m}
|
| sovereignty {n} (of a nation: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.)
|
:: fullveldi {n}
|
| soviet {n} (council)
|
:: sovét {n}, ráð {n}
|
| soviet {adj} (pertaining to a soviet)
|
:: sovéskur {m}, sovésk {f}, sovéskt {n}
|
| soviet {adj} (relating to the Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet
|
::
|
| Soviet {n} (soviet) SEE: soviet
|
::
|
| Soviet {n} (citizen)
|
:: sovétmaður {m}
|
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Russia) SEE: Russia
|
::
|
| Soviet Russia {prop} (Soviet Union) SEE: Soviet Union
|
::
|
| Soviet Union {prop} (USSR, see also: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR)
|
:: Sovétríkin {n-p}, Sovétsambandið {n-p} [obsolete], Ráðstjórnarríkin {n-p} [obsolete]
|
| sow {n} (female pig)
|
:: sýr {f}
|
| so what {interj} (reply of indifference)
|
:: hvað með það?, só? [slang]
|
| soy milk {n} (beverage made from soybeans)
|
:: sojamjólk {f}
|
| space {n} (interval of time)
|
:: bil {n}
|
| space {n} (physical extent in two or three dimensions)
|
:: rúm {n}
|
| space {n} (area beyond atmosphere of planets)
|
:: geimur {m}
|
| space {n} (gap between written characters, lines etc.)
|
:: bil {n}
|
| space {n} (music: position on the staff)
|
:: bil {n}
|
| space {n} (geometry: set of points)
|
:: rúm {n}
|
| space {n} (mathematics: generalized construct or set)
|
:: rúm {n}
|
| spaceship {n} (vehicle that flies through space)
|
:: geimskip {n}; geimfar
|
| space shuttle {n} (vehicle capable of travelling repeatedly btw Earth and outer space)
|
:: geimflaug {f}
|
| Space Shuttle {n} (a space transportation system)
|
:: geimflaug {f}
|
| space travel {n} (travel through space in order to visit and explore other worlds)
|
:: geimferð {f}
|
| spade {n} (a garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)
|
:: skófla
|
| spade {n} (one of the black suits in a deck of cards)
|
:: spaði {m}
|
| spade {n} (a black person)
|
:: surtur {m}, negri {m}, niggari {m}, svertingjahundur {m}, blámaður {m}
|
| spades {n} (spade) SEE: spade
|
::
|
| spaghetti {n} (informally: any type of pasta) SEE: pasta
|
::
|
| spaghetti western {n} (western film produced in Europe by an Italian company)
|
:: spagettívestri {m}
|
| Spain {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Spánn {m}
|
| spam {n} (unsolicited bulk electronic messages)
|
:: ruslpóstur {m}
|
| Spaniard {n} (somebody from Spain)
|
:: Spánverji {m}
|
| Spanish {adj} (of or pertaining to Spain)
|
:: spænskur, spánskur
|
| Spanish {prop} (Romance language of Spain and the Americas)
|
:: spænska {f}, spánska {f}, kastilíska {f}
|
| Spanish influenza {n} (influenza pandemic)
|
:: spænska veikin
|
| Spanish Water Dog {n} (Spanish Water Dog)
|
:: spænskur vatnahundur {m}
|
| spanner {n} (hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts)
|
:: skrúflykill {m}, skiptilykill {m}
|
| sparingly {adv} (in a sparing manner)
|
:: sparlega
|
| spark {n} (particle of glowing matter)
|
:: neisti {m}
|
| sparkling wine {n} (effervescent wine)
|
:: freyðivín {n}
|
| spark plug {n} (part of an internal combustion engine)
|
:: kveikikerti {n}, kerti {n}
|
| sparrow {n} (bird of the family Passeridae)
|
:: spörfugl {m}
|
| sparrow {n}
|
:: spör (gráspör)
|
| sparrow hawk {n} (Accipiter nisus) SEE: Eurasian sparrowhawk
|
::
|
| sparrowhawk {n} (Eurasian sparrowhawk) SEE: Eurasian sparrowhawk
|
::
|
| Sparta {prop} (ancient city-state in southern Greece)
|
:: Sparta {f}
|
| Spartacus {prop} (Thracian name)
|
:: Spartacus
|
| spathe {n} (large bract that envelopes a spadix)
|
:: hulsturblað {n}
|
| spatula {n} (kitchen utensil for turning and lifting)
|
:: spaði {m}
|
| spawn {v} (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
|
:: gjóta
|
| spawner {n} (female fish)
|
:: hrygna {f}
|
| speak {v} (to communicate with one's voice using words)
|
:: tala
|
| speak {v} (to be able to communicate in a language)
|
:: tala
|
| speaker {n} (loudspeaker)
|
:: hátalari {m}
|
| speaking {adj} (eloquent) SEE: eloquent
|
::
|
| speak of the devil {phrase} (expression used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive)
|
:: oft kemur illur, oft kemur illur þá um er rætt, oft kemur illur þá getið er, [a good one often comes when mentioned and a bad one comes when spoken of] oft kemur góður þá getið er og illur þá um er rætt
|
| speak one's conscience {v} (speak one's mind) SEE: speak one's mind
|
::
|
| speak one's mind {v} (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly)
|
:: láta vaða um súðum
|
| spear {n} (long stick with a sharp tip)
|
:: spjót {n}
|
| special interest group {n} (advocacy group) SEE: advocacy group
|
::
|
| special relativity {n} (physics theory)
|
:: takmarkaða afstæðiskenningin {f}
|
| specialty {n} (that in which one specializes)
|
:: sérréttur {m}
|
| species {n} (group of plants or animals having similar appearance)
|
:: tegund {f}
|
| species {n} (rank in a taxonomic classification)
|
:: tegund {f}
|
| spectacle {n} (optical instrument) SEE: spectacles
|
::
|
| spectacled bear {n} (Tremarctos ornatus)
|
:: gleraugnabjörn
|
| spectacles {n} (a pair of lenses set in a frame)
|
:: gleraugu {n-p}
|
| spectator {n} (observer)
|
:: áhorfandi {m}
|
| spectral theorem {n} (mathematics: theorem providing conditions under which an operator or matrix can be diagonalized)
|
:: rófsetning {f}
|
| spectrometry {n} (measurement of the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation)
|
:: litrófsmæling {f}
|
| speculative fiction {n} (class of fiction involving fantastic, supernatural or futuristic elements)
|
:: spáskáldskapur {m}
|
| speculum {n} (medical instrument)
|
:: spegill {m}, slanga {f}
|
| speech {n} (dialect or language) SEE: dialect
|
::
|
| speech {n} (vocal communication)
|
:: mál {n}, tal {n}, málhæfileiki {m}, málfar {n}, mæli {n}, framburður {m}
|
| speech {n} (an oration, session of speaking)
|
:: ræða {f}, ávarp {n}, tala {f}
|
| speechless {adj} (not speaking; not knowing what to say)
|
:: orðlaus
|
| speed {n} (luck, success, prosperity) SEE: luck
|
::
|
| speed {n} (rapidity)
|
:: hraði {m}
|
| speed {n} (rate of motion)
|
:: ferð {f}, fart [informal]
|
| speed bump {n} (transverse ridge in the road)
|
:: hraðahindrun {f}
|
| speed of light {n} (the speed of electromagnetic radiation in a perfect vacuum)
|
:: ljóshraði
|
| speedometer {n} (a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle)
|
:: hraðamælir {m}
|
| speed up {v}
|
:: auka hraða
|
| speedwell {n} (plant)
|
:: depla {f}, æruprís {m}
|
| spell {n} (magical incantation)
|
:: galdraþula {f}
|
| spell {n} (magical effect of such incantation)
|
:: álög {n-p}
|
| spell {v} (to write or say the letters that form a word)
|
:: stafa
|
| spell {v} (to compose a word)
|
:: stafa
|
| spelt {n} (a type of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta)
|
:: spelt {n}, speldi {n}
|
| spelunk {n} (cave, cavern, grotto) SEE: cave
|
::
|
| spend {v} (to pay out)
|
:: eyða
|
| spendthrift {n} (someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully)
|
:: eyðslukló {f}
|
| sperm {n} (cell)
|
:: sæðisfruma {f}
|
| sperm {n} (semen (fluid))
|
:: sæði {n}
|
| spermatozoon {n} (reproductive cell of the male)
|
:: sæðisfruma {f}, sáð {n}, sáðfruma {f}
|
| sperm bank {n} (vulgar: vagina) SEE: cunt
|
::
|
| sperm donor {n} (man who donates sperm)
|
:: sæðisgjafi {m}
|
| spermicide {n} (substance used for killing sperm)
|
:: sáðfrumnadeyðir {m}
|
| sperm whale {n} (sperm whale)
|
:: búrhvalur {m}
|
| spew {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| sphagnum {n} (moss)
|
:: barnamosi {m}, svarðmosi {m}, hvítmosi {m}
|
| sphere {n} (mathematics: regular three-dimensional object)
|
:: kúla {f}
|
| sphere {n} (spherical physical object)
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:: hnöttur
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| sphincter {n} (band of muscle)
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:: hringvöðvi {m}
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| sphinx {n} (sphincter) SEE: sphincter
|
::
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| sphinx moth {n} (hawk moth) SEE: hawk moth
|
::
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| spice {n} (Yorkshire dialect: sweets, candy) SEE: sweet
|
::
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| spice {n} (any variety of spice)
|
:: krydd {n}
|
| spider {n} (arthropod)
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:: kónguló {f}, könguló {f}
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| spiderweb {n} (net-like construct of a spider)
|
:: kóngulóarvefur {m}
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| Spidey-sense {n} (intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky)
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:: köngulóaskynjun {m}
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| spigot {n} (faucet) SEE: tap
|
::
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| spiked woodrush {n} (Luzula spicata)
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:: axhæra {f}
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| spill one's guts {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
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| spinach {n} (a particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea)
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:: spínat {n}
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| spinal canal {n} (canal containing the spinal cord and spinal meninges)
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:: hrygggöng {n-p}
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| spinal cord {n} (thick, whitish cord of nerve tissue)
|
:: mæna {f}
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| spinal tap {n} (colloquial terms for lumbar puncture)
|
:: mænuástunga {f}
|
| spindle {n} (rod in spinning and winding thread)
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:: snælda {f}
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| spindle tree {n} (tree of the genus Euonymus) SEE: spindle
|
::
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| spine {n} (backbone)
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:: hryggur {m}, hryggjarsúla {f}
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| spine {n} (bound edge of a book)
|
:: kjölur {m}
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| spine {n} (rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant)
|
:: hryggur {m}
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| spinning wheel {n} (device for spinning thread with a wheel and a spindle)
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:: rokkur {m}
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| spin-off {n} (by-product) SEE: by-product
|
::
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| spiny anteater {n} (common name for echidna) SEE: echidna
|
::
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| spiracle {n} (opening used for breathing)
|
:: andop {n}, loftæðaop {n}
|
| spiracle {n} (blowhole)
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:: blásturshola {f}, blástursop {n}
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| spire {n} (tapering architectural structure)
|
:: spíra {f}, turnspíra {f}
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| spirit {n} (soul)
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:: andi {m}, sál {f}
|
| spit {v} (to dig, to spade) SEE: dig
|
::
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| spit {n} (thin rod on which meat is skewered for cooking)
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:: grillteinn {m}, steikingarteinn {m}
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| spit {n} (generally low, narrow, pointed, usually sandy peninsula)
|
:: oddi {m}, tangi {m}
|
| spit {v} (to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.)
|
:: hrækja
|
| spleen {n} (organ)
|
:: milta {n}
|
| splice {v} (to unite in marriage) SEE: marry
|
::
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| splint {n} (immobilizing device)
|
:: spelka {f}
|
| split {n} (manoeuvre, acrobatic feat)
|
:: splitt {n}
|
| split {v} (divide along a more or less straight line)
|
:: klofna
|
| split {v} (divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach) SEE: peach
|
::
|
| spoilsport {adj} (someone who puts an end to harmless fun)
|
:: gleðispillir {m}
|
| spoke {n} (part of a wheel)
|
:: spæll {m}
|
| sponge {n} (marine invertebrate)
|
:: svampur {m}
|
| sponge {n} (piece of porous material used for washing)
|
:: svampur {m}
|
| sponge {n} (sponge cake) SEE: sponge cake
|
::
|
| sponge cake {n} (type of soft cake made from flour, sugar, baking powder and eggs, with a spongy structure)
|
:: svampterta {f}
|
| spool {n} (spindle)
|
:: spóla {f}, kefli {n}
|
| spool {v} (to send files to some device or program that puts them in a queue for later processing of some kind)
|
:: biðfæra
|
| spoon {n} (scooped utensil for eating (or serving))
|
:: skeið {f}
|
| spoon {n} (metal lure for fishing)
|
:: spúnn {m}
|
| spoon {v} (to flirt) SEE: flirt
|
::
|
| spoon {n} (measure that will fit into a spoon) SEE: spoonful
|
::
|
| spoonful {n} (amount a spoon will hold)
|
:: skeið {f}, skeiðarfylli {f}
|
| sport {n} (any athletic activity that uses physical skills)
|
:: íþrótt {f}
|
| spotted dragonet {n} (Callionymus maculatus)
|
:: flekkjaglitnir
|
| spouse {n} (husband) SEE: husband
|
::
|
| spouse {n} (wife) SEE: wife
|
::
|
| spout {v} (to gush forth in a stream)
|
:: spúa
|
| spread {n} (expanse of land)
|
:: breiða {f}
|
| spread {n} (two facing pages)
|
:: opna {f}
|
| sprightliness {n} (the property of being sprightly)
|
:: fjör {n}
|
| spring {n} (season between winter and summer in temperate climates)
|
:: vor {n}
|
| spring {n} (water springing from the ground)
|
:: lind {f}, uppspretta {f}, brunnur {m}, vatnsrás {f}
|
| spring {n} (device made of flexible material)
|
:: gormur {m}, fjöður {f}
|
| spring {v} (to jump) SEE: jump
|
::
|
| spring {n} (jump) SEE: jump
|
::
|
| spring {n} (people sharing the same origin) SEE: race
|
::
|
| spring {n} (shoot) SEE: shoot
|
::
|
| spring {n} (cluster of trees) SEE: grove
|
::
|
| spring {n} (erection of the penis) SEE: erection
|
::
|
| spring {n} (time of growth, early stages) SEE: beginning
|
::
|
| spring {n} (high tide) SEE: high tide
|
::
|
| springboard {n} (flexible diving board)
|
:: stökkpallur {m}
|
| springboard {n} (platform on springs used in gymnastics)
|
:: stökkpallur {m}
|
| springboard {n} (figuratively: anything that launches or provides impulse)
|
:: stökkpallur {m}
|
| spring equinox {n} (vernal equinox) SEE: vernal equinox
|
::
|
| spring onion {n} (Allium fistulosum)
|
:: vorlaukur {m}
|
| spring roll {n} (shredded vegetables wrapped in a pancake)
|
:: vorrúlla {f}
|
| sprinkles {n} (small candy or sugar pieces as decoration)
|
:: skrautsykur {m}
|
| sprite {n} (the green woodpecker, or yaffle) SEE: green woodpecker
|
::
|
| sprout {n} (new growth on a plant)
|
:: spíra {f}, frjónál {f}
|
| sprout {v}
|
:: spíra, bruma, byrja að laufgast, vaxa ört, þjóta upp, láta koma upp, láta vaxa, tína spírur af
|
| sprout {n} (Brussels sprout) SEE: Brussels sprout
|
::
|
| spruce {n} (tree from the genus Picea)
|
:: greni {n}, grön {f}
|
| spruce {n} (wood of a spruce)
|
:: greni {n}
|
| spruce {n} (attributive: made of the wood of the spruce)
|
:: greni-
|
| spud {n} (a tool used for digging out weeds)
|
:: grefill {m}
|
| spud {n} ([informal] potato)
|
:: kartafla {f}
|
| spurious {adj} (false)
|
:: óekta {m}, falskur {m}, falsaður {m}, tál-, fals-
|
| spurious {adj} (illegitimate)
|
:: óskilgetinn {m}
|
| sputnik {n} (a Soviet robotic space satellite)
|
:: spútnik {m}
|
| spy {n} (person who secretly watches)
|
:: njósnari {m}
|
| spy {v} (to act as a spy)
|
:: njósna
|
| spy {v} (to spot at a distance)
|
:: koma auga á
|
| spyglass {n} (binoculars) SEE: binoculars
|
::
|
| squall {n} (sudden storm, as found in a squall line)
|
:: él {n}
|
| square {n} (type of polygon)
|
:: ferningur {m}
|
| square {n} (tool)
|
:: réttskeið {f}
|
| square {n} (open space in a town)
|
:: torg {n}
|
| square {n} (second power)
|
:: annað veldi {n} , ferningstala {f}
|
| square {n} (the # symbol on a telephone)
|
:: ferningur {m}
|
| square {adj} (shaped like a square)
|
:: ferningslaga
|
| square {adj} (forming a right angle)
|
:: hornréttur
|
| square {adj} (used in the names of units)
|
:: fer-
|
| square {adj} (fair) SEE: fair
|
::
|
| square foot {n} (unit of area equal to that of a square of one foot each side)
|
:: ferfet {n}
|
| squarefree {adj} (not divisible by a nontrivial square)
|
:: ferningslaus {m}
|
| square kilometer {n} (square kilometre) SEE: square kilometre
|
::
|
| square kilometre {n} (standard unit of area)
|
:: ferkílómetri {m}
|
| square metre {n} (standard unit of area)
|
:: fermetri {m}
|
| square mile {n} (unit of area)
|
:: fermíla {f}
|
| square root {n} (number)
|
:: kvaðratrót {f}
|
| square wave {n} (function or waveform that alternates regularly and instantaneously between two levels)
|
:: kassabylgja {f}
|
| squash {n} (soft drink) SEE: cordial
|
::
|
| squeeze {v} (to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once)
|
:: þrýsta
|
| squib {n} (short piece of witty writing)
|
:: háðsgrein {f}, níðkvæði {n}, stutt, hnyttin eða hæðin atlaga í ræðu eða riti {f}
|
| squid {n} (sea animal)
|
:: smokkfiskur {m}, smokkur {m}
|
| squillion {n} (very large, unspecified number) SEE: zillion
|
::
|
| squirrel {n} (rodent)
|
:: íkorni {m}
|
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte {prop} (the administrative capital of Sri Lanka)
|
:: Srí Jajevardenepúra
|
| Sri Lanka {prop} (a country in South Asia)
|
:: Sri Lanka
|
| Sri Lankan {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Sri Lanka or to the Sri Lankan people)
|
:: srílanskur
|
| stable {n} (building for animals with hoofs)
|
:: gripahús {n}
|
| stable {n} (building for horses)
|
:: hesthús {n}
|
| stable {n} (stable for oxen, cows, cattle)
|
:: fjós {n}
|
| stack {n} (computing: data structure)
|
:: stafli {m}, hlaði {m}, troðröð {f}
|
| stadium {n} (venue where sporting events are held)
|
:: leikvangur {m}
|
| staff {n} (employees of a business)
|
:: starfsfólk {n}
|
| stag {n} (social event for a groom) SEE: bachelor party
|
::
|
| stag {n} (adult male deer)
|
:: hjörtur {m}
|
| stag do {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party
|
::
|
| stage {n} (in theatre)
|
:: svið {n}
|
| stage fright {n} (state of nervousness about performing)
|
:: sviðsskrekkur {m}
|
| stagger {v} (to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking)
|
:: skjögra, riða, reika, slangra
|
| stag party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party
|
::
|
| stag's-horn clubmoss {n} (Lycopodium clavatum)
|
:: burstajafni {m}
|
| stainless {n} (stainless steel) SEE: stainless steel
|
::
|
| stainless {adj} (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration)
|
:: ryðfrír {m}
|
| stainless steel {n} (corrosion-free alloy)
|
:: ryðfrítt stál {n}
|
| stair {n} (single step)
|
:: trappa, þrep
|
| stair {n} (series of steps)
|
:: stigi, tröppur {p}, þrep {p}
|
| staircase {n} (stairway)
|
:: stigi {m}
|
| staircase wit {n} (thinking of an idea too late) SEE: l'esprit de l'escalier
|
::
|
| stairs {n} (contiguous set of steps)
|
:: stigi {m}
|
| stairwell {n} (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
|
:: stigagangur {m}
|
| stale {adj} (having lost its freshness)
|
:: staðinn
|
| Stalin {prop} (Stalin)
|
:: Stalín {m}
|
| Stalinism {n} (Communist philosophies espoused by Josef Stalin)
|
:: stalínismi
|
| Stalinist {adj} (of, relating to, or resembling Stalin)
|
:: stalínskur, stalínískur
|
| Stalinist {adj} (of or relating to Stalinism)
|
:: stalínskur, stalínískur
|
| Stalinist {n} (a person who accepts the philosophy of Stalinism)
|
:: stalínisti {m}
|
| stallion {n} (uncastrated male horse)
|
:: stóðhestur {m}, graðhestur {m}
|
| stamen {n} (A flower part that produces pollen)
|
:: fræfill {m}
|
| stammer {v} (to stutter)
|
:: stama
|
| stamp {n} (device for stamping designs)
|
:: stimpill {m}
|
| stamp {v} (to mark by pressing quickly and heavily)
|
:: stimpla
|
| stamp {v} (to give an official marking to)
|
:: stimpla
|
| stamp {n} (postage stamp) SEE: postage stamp
|
::
|
| stamp collecting {n} (stamp hobby) SEE: philately
|
::
|
| stamp duty {n} (tax on certain documents)
|
:: stimpilgjald {n}
|
| stand {v} (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position)
|
:: standa
|
| standard deviation {n} (statistical measure)
|
:: staðalfrávik {n}
|
| standing committee {n} (parliamentary or congressional committee)
|
:: fastanefnd {f}
|
| stand up {v} (rise from a sitting position)
|
:: standa upp
|
| stand up {v} (to avoid a prearranged meeting)
|
:: svíkja
|
| Stanley knife {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife
|
::
|
| staple {n} (basic or essential supply)
|
:: aðalframleiðsluvara {f}, aðalverslunarvara {f}, grunnvara {f}, nauðsynjar {f-p}, nauðsynjavörur {f-p}
|
| staple {n} (basic food)
|
:: uppistaða {f}, uppistöðumatur {m}, uppistöðuefni {n}, hráefni {n}
|
| staple {n} (length of fibers in wool)
|
:: hörtrefjar {n-p}, ullarþræðir {n-p}, baðmullarþræðir {n-p}
|
| staple {n} (wire fastener used to secure stacks of paper)
|
:: hefti {n}
|
| staple {n} (wire fastener in general)
|
:: hefti {n}, kengur {m}, vírhefti {n}
|
| staple {n} (U-shaped metal fastener)
|
:: hefti {n}, vírhefti {n}
|
| staple {n} (one of set of rods hammered into structure)
|
:: hefti {n}, kengur {m}, vírhefti {n}
|
| staple {v} (secure with a staple)
|
:: hefta
|
| stapler {n} (device which binds together paper)
|
:: heftari
|
| star {n} (luminous celestial body)
|
:: stjarna
|
| star {n} (celebrity)
|
:: stjarna
|
| starboard {n} (right hand side of a vessel)
|
:: stjórnborði {m}
|
| stare {v} (to look fixedly)
|
:: stara, glápa
|
| starfish {n} (various echinoderms)
|
:: krossfiskur {f}, sæstjarna {f}
|
| star fruit {n} (fruit)
|
:: stjörnuávöxtur {m}
|
| starling {n} (bird)
|
:: stari {m}
|
| starring {v} (present participle of "to star") SEE: star
|
::
|
| start {n} (beginning of an activity)
|
:: byrjun {f}, upphaf {n}
|
| start {n} (sudden involuntary movement)
|
:: viðbragð {n}
|
| start {n} (beginning point of a race)
|
:: upphaf {n}
|
| start {v} (to begin)
|
:: byrja
|
| start {v} (to jerk suddenly in surprise)
|
:: hrökkva við
|
| start {v} (to awaken suddenly)
|
:: hrökkva upp
|
| Star Wars {prop} (Saga)
|
:: Stjörnustríð
|
| state {n} (any sovereign polity)
|
:: ríki {n}
|
| state {n} (a political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy)
|
:: ríki {n}, fylki {n}
|
| state {n} (a condition)
|
:: ástand {n}
|
| statefunction {n} (wavefunction) SEE: wavefunction
|
::
|
| statement {n}
|
:: staðhæfing
|
| State of Israel {prop} (country (official name))
|
:: Ísraelsríki
|
| state secret {n} (restricted information of national importance)
|
:: ríkisleyndarmál {n}
|
| static {adj} (programming: computed, created or allocated before the program starts running)
|
:: kyrrlegur {m}, kyrr-
|
| static electricity {n} (an electric charge)
|
:: stöðurafmagn {n}
|
| statics {n} (branch of mechanics)
|
:: stöðufræði
|
| station {n} (place where a vehicle may stop)
|
:: stöð {f}
|
| statue {n} (three-dimensional work of art)
|
:: stytta {f}
|
| Statue of Liberty {prop} (large statue in New York harbor)
|
:: Frelsisstyttan {f}
|
| status {n} (person’s position or standing)
|
:: staða {f}
|
| status symbol {n} (visible possession that is a sign of one's personal wealth or social status)
|
:: stöðutákn {n}
|
| stave church {n} (wooden church of a medieval type)
|
:: stafkirkja {f}
|
| stay {v} (to remain in a particular place)
|
:: dvelja, vera
|
| stay {v} (to continue to have a particular quality)
|
:: haldast
|
| stay {n} (corset) SEE: corset
|
::
|
| stead {n} (A place, or spot, in general)
|
:: staður {m}
|
| stead {n} (A farmhouse and associated buildings)
|
:: staður {m}, bær {m}
|
| steady as a rock {adj} (extremely reliable)
|
:: það er enginn bilbugur á
|
| steak knife {n} (knife with a sharp blade)
|
:: steikarhnífur {m}
|
| steal {v} (to illegally take possession of)
|
:: stela, hnupla
|
| steam {n} (water vapor)
|
:: gufa {f}, eimur {m}
|
| steam bath {n} (room for bathing)
|
:: gufubað {n}, eimbað {n}
|
| steam bath {n} (act of bathing)
|
:: gufubað {n}, eimbað {n}
|
| steamboat {n} (vessel powered by steam)
|
:: gufuskip {n}
|
| steam engine {n} (steam locomotive) SEE: steam locomotive
|
::
|
| steam iron {n} (smoothing iron)
|
:: gufustraujárn {n}
|
| steam locomotive {n} (locomotive powered by steam)
|
:: eimreið {f}
|
| steamship {n} (vessel propelled by steam)
|
:: Gufuskip {n}
|
| steel {n} (metal produced from iron)
|
:: stál {n}
|
| steel wool {n} (fine threads of steel)
|
:: stálull {f}
|
| steep {adj} (expensive) SEE: expensive
|
::
|
| steep {adj} (near-vertical)
|
:: brattur {m}, hallur {m}, [very steep] snarbrattur {m}
|
| steeple {n} (spire) SEE: spire
|
::
|
| steeple {n} (a tall tower, often on a church)
|
:: kirkjuturn {m}
|
| steeplechase {n} (athletics event)
|
:: hindrunarhlaup {n}
|
| steeplejack {n} (person whose job involves climbing tall structures in order to make repairs)
|
:: viðgerðarmaður turna {m}, viðgerðarmaður reykháfa {m}
|
| steer clear {v} (to avoid)
|
:: forðast
|
| steering wheel {n} (wheel-shaped control)
|
:: stýri {n}, stýrishjól {n}
|
| stellar wind {n} (equivalent of solar wind)
|
:: stjörnuvindur {m}
|
| stem {n} (nautical: forward vertical extension of the keel)
|
:: stefni {n}
|
| stem cell {n} (primal undifferentiated cell)
|
:: stofnfruma {f}
|
| step- {prefix} (prefix used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative)
|
:: stjúp-
|
| step {n} (pace)
|
:: skref {n}
|
| step {n} (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
|
:: þrep {n}
|
| step {n}
|
:: skref {n}
|
| stepbrother {n} (son of one's stepfather or stepmother)
|
:: stjúpbróðir {m}
|
| step by step {adv} (gradually)
|
:: skref fyrir skref
|
| stepchild {n} (the child of one's spouse from his or her previous partner)
|
:: stjúpbarn {n}
|
| stepdaughter {n} (daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself)
|
:: stjúpdóttir {f}
|
| stepfather {n} (husband of one's biological mother, other than one's biological father)
|
:: stjúpfaðir {m}, stjúpi {m}
|
| Stephen {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Stefán
|
| stepmother {n} (wife of one's biological father, not one's biological mother)
|
:: stjúpmóðir {f}, stjúpa {f}, stjúpmamma {f}
|
| steppe {n} (the grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia)
|
:: gresja {f}, steppa {f}
|
| stepping stone {n} (stone used to cross something)
|
:: stiklur {f-p}
|
| stepping stone {n} (something used as a way to progress)
|
:: stökkpallur {m}
|
| stepsibling {n} (stepbrother or stepsister)
|
:: stjúpsystkini {n}
|
| stepsister {n} (daughter from the previous marriage of a stepparent)
|
:: stjúpsystir {f}
|
| stepson {n} (son of one's spouse and not of oneself)
|
:: stjúpsonur {m}
|
| stereotype {n} (conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image)
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:: staðalmynd {f}
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| sterilizable {adj} (able to be sterilized)
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:: sótthreinsanlegur
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| sterilize {v} (disable ability to procreate)
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:: gelda
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| sterilize {v} ((biology) to destroy all spores or germs)
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:: sótthreinsa
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| stern {n} (the rear part or after end of a ship or vessel)
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:: skutur {m}
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| sternal {adj} (of or pertaining to the sternum)
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:: bringubeins-
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| sternpost {n} (timber or bar at the stern of a vessel)
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:: afturstefni {n}
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| sternum {n} (breastbone) SEE: breastbone
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::
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| steroid {n} (class of organic compounds)
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:: steri {m}
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| steroidogenesis {n} (the process of steroid production)
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:: steramyndun {f}
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| stethoscope {n} (medical instrument)
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:: hlustunarpípa {f}
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| steven {n} (voice) SEE: voice
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::
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| Steven {prop} (male given name) SEE: Stephen
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::
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| stew in one's juices {v} (be alone and self-absorbed in an uncomfortable state of mind, especially while experiencing the unpleasant effects of one's own actions)
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:: súpa seyðið af eigin hegðun, súpa seyðið af eigin gerðum
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| stick {n} (twig or small branch)
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:: prik {n}
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| stick {n} (long piece of wood)
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:: stafur {m}
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| stick note {n} (post-it note) SEE: post-it note
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::
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| stick one's neck out {v} (putting oneself in a vulnerable position)
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:: gefa höggstað á sér
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| stick one's nose in {v} (to be nosy)
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:: skipta sér af, hnýsast, vasast í, vera með nefið ofan í hvers manns koppi, vera með nefið niðri í öllu, sletta sér fram í, trana sér fram í
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| stick one's tongue out {v} (to push one's tongue out)
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:: ulla, reka út úr sér tunguna
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| stick out like a sore thumb {v} (be very noticeably different)
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:: stinga í augun, standa út
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| sticky note {n} (post-it note) SEE: post-it note
|
::
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| sticky tape {n} (adhesive tape) SEE: adhesive tape
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::
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| stiffen {v} (to become stiff)
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:: stífna
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| stigma {n} (part of the pistil)
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:: fræni {n}
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| stiletto {n} (awl) SEE: awl
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::
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| still {adj} (not moving, calm)
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:: kyrr
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| still {adj} ((of drinking water) not effervescent)
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:: ókolsýrður
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| still {adj} (uttering no sound, silent)
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:: hljóður
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| still {adv} (up to a time, as in the preceding time)
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:: enn, ennþá
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| still {adv} (to an even greater degree)
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:: enn, ennþá
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| still {adv} (nevertheless)
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:: þó, engu að síður, eigi að síður, samt
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| still {n} (period of calm or silence)
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:: kyrrð {f}
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| still {n} (photography: a non-moving photograph)
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:: kyrrmynd {f}
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| still {v} (to calm down)
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:: stilla, róa
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| stillborn {adj} (dead at birth)
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:: andvanafæddur {m}
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| stilt {n} (walking pole)
|
:: stulta {f}
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| stilt {n} (crutch) SEE: crutch
|
::
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| stilted {adj} (stiff and artificially formal)
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:: klúsaður {m}, tilgerðarlegur {m}, uppskrúfaður {m}
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| stilt sandpiper {n} (Calidris himantopus)
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:: vaðfæla
|
| sting {n} (pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack) SEE: stinger
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::
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| stinger {n} (pointed portion of an insect)
|
:: broddur {m}
|
| stingray {n} (venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes)
|
:: stingskötur {f}
|
| stingy {adj} (unwilling to spend or give)
|
:: nískur
|
| stipend {n} (fixed payment)
|
:: framfærslufé {n}, lífeyrir {m}, styrkur {m}, [a scholarship] námsstyrkur {m}
|
| stirrup {n} (footrest used by riders)
|
:: ístað {n}
|
| stir up {v} (to cause (trouble etc))
|
:: koma af stað, stofna til
|
| stitch {v} (form stitches in) SEE: sew
|
::
|
| stitch {v} (agriculture: to form land into ridges) SEE: plough
|
::
|
| stoat {n} (stoat) SEE: ermine
|
::
|
| stochastic {adj} (random)
|
:: slembi-, slembinn {m}, tilviljanakenndur {m}
|
| stochastic process {n} (a function mapping to set of random variables)
|
:: slembiferli {n}
|
| stochastics {n} (branch of statistics)
|
:: slembifræði {f}
|
| stock dove {n} (stock dove, Columba oenas)
|
:: holudúfa {f}
|
| stock exchange {n} (building and the associated organization)
|
:: kauphöll {f}
|
| stockfish {n} (cured fish)
|
:: harðfiskur {m}
|
| stockholder {n} (one who owns stock) SEE: shareholder
|
::
|
| Stockholm {prop} (capital of Sweden)
|
:: Stokkhólmur {m}
|
| stock market {n} (market for the trading of company stock)
|
:: hlutabréfamarkaður {m}
|
| stockpile {n} (supply for future use)
|
:: varabirgðir {f-p}, varaforði {m}, [of weapons] vopnabirgðir {f-p}
|
| stockpile {v} (accumulate a stockpile)
|
:: koma upp varabirgðum, safna varabirgðum, hamstra
|
| stoke {v} (to feed, stir up)
|
:: kynda undir, bæta eldsneyti á
|
| stoker {n} (poker) SEE: poker
|
::
|
| stole {n} (ecclesiastical garment)
|
:: stóla {f}
|
| stoma {n} (botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf)
|
:: loftauga {n}
|
| stomach {n} (digestive organ)
|
:: magi {m}
|
| stomach {n} (appetite) SEE: appetite
|
::
|
| stomach {n} (figuratively: desire, appetite) SEE: appetite
|
::
|
| stomach {n} (pride, haughtiness) SEE: haughtiness
|
::
|
| stomachache {n} (pain in the abdomen)
|
:: magapína {f}
|
| stompie {n} (cigarette butt) SEE: butt
|
::
|
| stone {n} (substance)
|
:: steinn {m}
|
| stone {n} (small piece of stone)
|
:: steinn {m}
|
| stone {n} (gem stone)
|
:: gimsteinn {m}, eðalsteinn {m}
|
| stone {n} (centre of some fruits)
|
:: steinn {m}
|
| stone {n} (medical: hard, stone-like deposit)
|
:: steinn {m}
|
| Stone Age {prop} (prehistoric period)
|
:: steinöld {f}
|
| stoned {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
|
| stone dead {adj} (unquestionably dead)
|
:: steindauður {m}
|
| stone fruit {n} (fruit with soft flesh and a hard pit)
|
:: steinaldin {n}, steinber {n}
|
| stoner {n} (a habitual user of cannabis)
|
:: stóner {m}
|
| stony {adj} (containing stones)
|
:: grýttur
|
| stool {n} (toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| stool {n} (footstool) SEE: footstool
|
::
|
| stool {n} (a seat)
|
:: kollur {m}
|
| stool {n} (chamber pot) SEE: chamber pot
|
::
|
| stop {n} (consonant sound) SEE: plosive
|
::
|
| stoplight {n} ((US) a traffic control signal) SEE: traffic light
|
::
|
| store {n} (in computing) SEE: memory
|
::
|
| store {n} (shop) SEE: shop
|
::
|
| storehouse {n} (building for keeping goods of any kind)
|
:: skemma {f}, lager {m}, vöruhús {n}, pakkhús {n}
|
| storey {n} (floor, level)
|
:: hæð {f}
|
| stork {n} (large wading bird of the family Ciconiidae)
|
:: storkur
|
| storm {n} (disturbed state of the atmosphere)
|
:: stormur
|
| storm in a teacup {n} (tempest in a teapot) SEE: tempest in a teapot
|
::
|
| storm petrel {n} (any of several small seabirds, of the family Hydrobatidae)
|
:: stormsvala {f}
|
| story {n} (lie) SEE: lie
|
::
|
| story {n} (account of events)
|
:: saga
|
| story {n} (storey) SEE: storey
|
::
|
| stovepipe hat {n} (stovepipe hat) SEE: top hat
|
::
|
| stowaway {n} (person who hides on a ship, train, etc.)
|
:: laumufarþegi {m}, farþjófur {m}
|
| straight {adj} (not crooked or bent)
|
:: beinn
|
| straight {n} (five cards in sequence)
|
:: röð {f}
|
| straight flush {n} (poker hand)
|
:: litaröð {f}
|
| straight from the horse's mouth {adv} (firsthand)
|
:: [from the first hand] frá fyrstu hendi, [without an intermediary] milliliðalaust
|
| straight from the horse's mouth {adj} (from the source)
|
:: [from the first hand] frá fyrstu hendi, [without an intermediary] milliliðalaust
|
| straight line {n} (line with no curvature)
|
:: bein lína {f}, lína {f}
|
| strainer {n} (utensil)
|
:: sigti {n}
|
| strait {n} (narrow channel of water)
|
:: sund {n}
|
| Strait of Messina {prop} (narrow section of water between Sicily and mainland Italy)
|
:: Messínasund {n}
|
| strand {n} (beach)
|
:: strönd {f}
|
| strange {adj} (not normal)
|
:: skrýtinn
|
| stranger {n} (outsider or foreigner, see also: foreigner)
|
:: útlendingur {m}
|
| Strasbourg {prop} (city in France)
|
:: Strassborg {f}, Strætiborg {f}
|
| Strategic Defense Initiative {prop} (Star Wars) SEE: Star Wars
|
::
|
| stratocracy {n} (military government)
|
:: herstjórn {f}, herforingjastjórn {f}
|
| stratopause {n} (the boundary between the stratosphere and the mesosphere)
|
:: heiðhvörf {n-p}
|
| stratosphere {n} (region of the uppermost atmosphere)
|
:: heiðhvolf {n}
|
| stratovolcano {n} (volcano)
|
:: eldkeila {f}
|
| stratum {n} (layer of sedimentary rock having approximately the same composition throughout)
|
:: jarðlag {n}
|
| stratus {n} (cloud)
|
:: þokuský {n}, lágský {n}
|
| stratus fractus {n} (stratus clouds which are scattered or ragged)
|
:: bólstraruðningur {m}, hrafnar {m} {f}
|
| straw {n} (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)
|
:: strá {n}
|
| straw {n} (dried stalks considered collectively)
|
:: strá {n}
|
| straw {n} (drinking straw) SEE: drinking straw
|
::
|
| strawberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: jarðarber {n}
|
| strawberry {n} (plant)
|
:: jarðarberjaplanta {f}
|
| stream {n} (small river)
|
:: lækur {m}
|
| stream cipher {n}
|
:: straumdulritun {f}
|
| street {n} (paved part of road in a village or a town)
|
:: gata {f}, stræti {n}
|
| streetcar {n} (tram) SEE: tram
|
::
|
| streetcleaner {n} (person) SEE: street sweeper
|
::
|
| street sweeper {n} (machine used to sweep streets)
|
:: götusópari
|
| stress {n} (on a syllable) SEE: accent
|
::
|
| stress {n} (emotional pressure)
|
:: streita {f}, stress {n} [informal, slang]
|
| stress {n} (when speaking)
|
:: áhersla {f}
|
| stress {n} (on a point in an argument)
|
:: áhersla {f}
|
| stress {v} (to emphasise (words in speaking))
|
:: leggja áherslu á (governs accusative case)
|
| stress {v} (to emphasise (a point))
|
:: leggja áherslu á (governs accusative case)
|
| strike {n} (work stoppage)
|
:: verkfall
|
| strike plate {n} (metal plate affixed to a doorjamb)
|
:: slúttjárn {n}
|
| striker {n} (baseball: batter) SEE: batter
|
::
|
| string {n} (long, thin structure made from twisted threads)
|
:: band {n}, snæri {n}, spotti {m}, strengur {m}
|
| string {n} (this structure as a substance)
|
:: snæri {n}
|
| string {n} (stringed instrument) SEE: stringed instrument
|
::
|
| stringed instrument {n} (type of musical instrument)
|
:: strengjahljóðfæri {n}
|
| string instrument {n} (musical instrument that produces sound by strings) SEE: stringed instrument
|
::
|
| string quartet {n} (group of four string players)
|
:: strengjakvartett {m}
|
| string quartet {n} (composition for four string players)
|
:: strengjakvartett {m}
|
| strip {n} (long, thin piece of land or material)
|
:: strimill {m}
|
| strip {n} (short for landing strip, see also translations for landing strip)
|
:: braut {f}
|
| strip {v} (to remove or take away)
|
:: svipta, fjarlægja
|
| strip {v} (to take off clothing)
|
:: afklæðast
|
| strip {v} (to do a striptease)
|
:: [informal] strippa
|
| strip {n} (short for striptease; see also translations for striptease)
|
:: nektardans {m}, [informal] stripp {n}
|
| strip club {n} (establishment offering striptease or other erotic dancing)
|
:: nektardansstaður {m}
|
| stripper {n} (one who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner)
|
:: fatafella {f}, nektardansmær {f}
|
| striptease {n} (arousing act)
|
:: nektardans {m}, strípidans {m}
|
| stroke {n} (appetite) SEE: appetite
|
::
|
| stroll {n} (wandering on foot)
|
:: rölt
|
| stroll {v} (wander on foot)
|
:: labba
|
| strongbox {n} (sturdy box with a lock) SEE: safe
|
::
|
| strong declension {n} (type of declension in Germanic language)
|
:: sterk beyging {f}
|
| strontium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: strontín {n}
|
| strophic {adj} (having each stanza set to the same music)
|
:: strófískur
|
| structure {n} (cohesive whole built up of distinct parts)
|
:: bygging
|
| struggle {n} (strife, effort)
|
:: barátta
|
| stubble {n} (short, coarse hair)
|
:: skeggbroddur {m}, broddur {m}
|
| stubbornness {n} (state of being stubborn)
|
:: þrjóska {f}
|
| stud {n} (sexually attractive male)
|
:: foli {m}
|
| studded tire {n}
|
:: nagladekk {n}
|
| student {n} (person who studies a subject)
|
:: nemandi {m}
|
| studies {n} (academic field of study)
|
:: fræði {n-p}
|
| study {v} (to revise/review materials)
|
:: læra, lesa, stúdera
|
| study {v}
|
:: læra, nema, stunda nám, lesa
|
| study {n} (mental effort to acquire knowledge)
|
:: nám {n}, bóknám {n}, lærdómur {m}, fræðiiðkan {f}, athugun {f}, rannsókn {f}, könnun {f}, skoðun {f}, námsefni {n}, rannsóknarefni {n}, fræðigrein {f}
|
| study {n} (room)
|
:: lesstofa {f}, lesherbergi {n}, bókaherbergi {n}
|
| study {n} (artwork)
|
:: etýða {f}, æfing {f}
|
| study {n} (act of studying or examining) SEE: examination
|
::
|
| study {n} (music: piece for special practice) SEE: etude
|
::
|
| stuffed animal {n} (soft toy in the form of an animal)
|
:: tuskudýr {n}
|
| stun gun {n} (weapon intended to immobilize)
|
:: rafbyssa {f}
|
| stupid {adj} (lacking in intelligence)
|
:: heimskur
|
| stupor {n} (a state of reduced consciousness or sensibility)
|
:: sljóleiki {m}, hálfmeðvitundarleysi {n}
|
| stutter {v} (to speak with spasmodic repetition) SEE: stammer
|
::
|
| Stuttgart {prop} (a city in Germany)
|
:: Stóðgarður {m}
|
| sty {n} (ladder) SEE: ladder
|
::
|
| style {n} (gnomon or pin of a sundial) SEE: gnomon
|
::
|
| style {n} (stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower)
|
:: stíll {m}
|
| styrofoam {n} (polymer)
|
:: frauðplast {n}
|
| Styx {prop} (river of the underworld)
|
:: Styx
|
| sub {n} (submarine sandwich)
|
:: langloka {f}
|
| subareolar {adj} (below the areola)
|
:: undir vörtureit
|
| subatomic {adj} (relating to particles that are smaller than an atom)
|
:: smærri en frumeind {m}, innan atóms
|
| subatomic particle {n} (unit of matter smaller than an atom)
|
:: öreindir og kjarnar {f-p}
|
| subcategory {n} (more narrow category)
|
:: hlutríki {n}
|
| subclass {n} (taxonomy)
|
:: undirflokkur {m}
|
| subclass {n} (computing)
|
:: undirklasi {m}
|
| subcontinent {n} (large landmass)
|
:: álfuhluti {m}
|
| subcutaneous {adj} (pertaining to the fatty layer under the skin)
|
:: húðbeðs-
|
| subdermal {adj} (just below the skin)
|
:: húðbeðs-
|
| subdirectory {n} (directory located inside another directory)
|
:: undirmappa {f}
|
| subdomain {n} (domain name prefaced with additional parts separated by a period)
|
:: undirlén {n}
|
| subfolder {n} (folder within another folder)
|
:: undirmappa {f}
|
| subgraph {n} (section of a graph of network)
|
:: hlutnet {n}
|
| subgroup {n} (group within a larger group)
|
:: undirflokkur {m}
|
| subgroup {n} ((group theory): group within a larger group)
|
:: hlutgrúpa {f}
|
| subject {n} (in grammar)
|
:: frumlag {n}
|
| subject {n} (main topic)
|
:: efni {n}, umræðuefni {n}, umtalsefni {n}, viðfangsefni {n}, yrkisefni {n}
|
| subject {n} (particular area of study)
|
:: fag {n}, námsgrein {f}, grein {f}
|
| subject {n} (citizen in a monarchy)
|
:: þegn {m}
|
| subject {v} (to cause to undergo)
|
:: ná valdi yfir
|
| subjunctive {n} (subjunctive mood) SEE: subjunctive mood
|
::
|
| subjunctive mode {n} (subjunctive mood) SEE: subjunctive mood
|
::
|
| subjunctive mood {n} (subjunctive mood)
|
:: viðtengingarháttur {m}
|
| sublattice {n} (mathematics: nonempty subset of a lattice)
|
:: hlutgrind {f}
|
| sublimation {n} (phase transition)
|
:: þurrgufun {f}
|
| sublimation {n} (transformation of an impulse)
|
:: göfgun {f}
|
| submachine gun {n} (short range machine gun)
|
:: hríðskotabyssa {f}
|
| submarine {n} (undersea boat)
|
:: kafbátur {m}
|
| submarine sandwich {n} (sub) SEE: sub
|
::
|
| subordinate clause {n} (a clause that cannot stand alone)
|
:: aukasetning {f}
|
| subordinating conjunction {n} (a word establishing the nature of a subordinate clause)
|
:: aukatenging {f}
|
| subphylum {n} (taxonomic category below phylum and above class)
|
:: undirfylking {f}
|
| subproduct {n} (byproduct) SEE: byproduct
|
::
|
| subprogram {n} (a program contained within a larger program)
|
:: undirforrit {n}
|
| sub-Saharan {adj} (pertaining to that part of Africa south of the Sahara)
|
:: sunnan Sahara
|
| subscribe {v} (to sign as token of consent or attestation)
|
:: undirrita
|
| subscriber {n} (a person who subscribes to a publication or a service)
|
:: áskrifandi {m}
|
| subset {n} (set whose elements are within another given set)
|
:: hlutmengi {n}
|
| subsidiary {n} (company owned by a parent company or a holding company)
|
:: dótturfyrirtæki {n}
|
| subsistent {adj} (inherent) SEE: inherent
|
::
|
| substance {n} (physical matter; material, see also: matter)
|
:: efni {n}
|
| substantive {n} (noun) SEE: noun
|
::
|
| substitutes' bench {n} (the bench on which substitutes sit)
|
:: varamannabekkur {m}
|
| substring {n} (string of characters)
|
:: hlutorð {n}
|
| subtitle {n} (heading below a title)
|
:: undirtitill {m}, undirfyrirsögn {f}, aukafyrirsögn {f}
|
| subtitle {n} (textual versions of the dialog in films)
|
:: texti {m}, þýðing {f}, þýðingartexti {m}, kvikmyndatexti {m}
|
| subtraction {n} (process)
|
:: frádráttur {f}
|
| subtrahend {n} (A number or quantity to be subtracted from another)
|
:: frádragi {m}
|
| subtree {n} (mathematics, computer science: a tree wholly contained in another)
|
:: undirtré {n}, undirhrísla {f}
|
| suburb {n} (area on the periphery of a city or large town)
|
:: úthverfi {?}
|
| succade {n} (candied citrus peel)
|
:: súkkat
|
| success {n} (achievement of one's aim or goal)
|
:: árangur {m}
|
| successor {n} (integer or cardinal immediately following another)
|
:: eftirfari {m}
|
| such as {prep} (for example) SEE: for example
|
::
|
| such is life {phrase} (used to express the acceptance of misfortune)
|
:: svona er lífið
|
| suck {v} (to use the mouth to pull in (liquid etc))
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:: sjúga
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| suck {v} (colloquial: term of general disparagement)
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:: sökka, ömurlegur {m}
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| suck {n} (sycophant) SEE: sycophant
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::
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| sucker {n} (lollipop) SEE: lollipop
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::
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| suck off {v} (to give a blowjob)
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:: totta
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| sucrose {n} (a disaccharide)
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:: súkrósi {m}, sakkarósi {m}
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| suction {n} (the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another)
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:: sog {n}, loftsog {n}
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| suction cup {n} (cup using suction as an adhesive)
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:: sogskál {f}
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| Sudan {prop} (Republic of Sudan)
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:: Súdan {n}
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| sudden death {n} (instantaneous death)
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:: skyndidauði, skyndilegur dauði
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| sudden death {n} (mode of play)
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:: bráðabani {m}
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| sudden infant death syndrome {n} (medical syndrome)
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:: skyndidauði ungbarna {m}
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| suddenly {adv} (happening quickly and with little or no warning)
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:: brátt, skyndilega, snögglega, hastarlega
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| suet {n} (fat)
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:: mör {m}
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| Suez Canal {prop} (canal)
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:: Súesskurðurinn
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| suffering {adj} (experiencing pain)
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:: þjáður {m}
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| suffering {n} (condition)
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:: þjáning {f}
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| suffice {v}
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:: duga
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| suffix {n} (morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning)
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:: viðskeyti {n}
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| suffix {v} (append (something) to the end of something else)
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:: skeyta við
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| suffrage {n} (the right to vote)
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:: atkvæðisréttur {m}, kosningaréttur {m}
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| sugar {n} (sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink)
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:: sykur {m}
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| sugar beet {n} (type of beet)
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:: sykurrófa {f}
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| sugar cane {n} (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar)
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:: sykurreyr {m}
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| sugar cube {n} (sugar shaped in cubes)
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:: sykurmoli {m}
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| sugar pea {n} (mangetout) SEE: mangetout
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::
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| sugary {adj} (covered with or containing a large amount of sugar)
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:: sætur
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| suicide {n} (instance of killing oneself)
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:: sjálfsmorð {n}, sjálfsvíg {n}
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| suicide {n} (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
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:: sjálfsmorðingi {m}, sjálfsbani {m}
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| sui generis {adj} (in a class of its own)
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:: sér á báti, á ekki sinn líka {m}
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| suit {n} (set of clothes)
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:: jakkaföt {n-p}
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| suitcase {n} (large piece of luggage)
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:: ferðataska {f}
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| sulfur {n} (element)
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:: brennisteinn {m}
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| sulfur dioxide {n} (the compound SO2)
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:: brennisteinsdíoxið {n}, brennisteinstvíoxíð {n}
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| sulfur hexafluoride {n} (gaseous compound)
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:: brennisteinshexaflúoríð {n}
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| sulfur mustard {n} (mustard gas) SEE: mustard gas
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::
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| sultan {n} (ruler)
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:: soldán {m}
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| sum {n} (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
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:: summa {f}, samtala {f}
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| sum {n} (quantity of money)
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:: upphæð {f}
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| Sumerian {prop} (language)
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:: súmerska
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| summa cum laude {adv} (with highest praise)
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:: með æðsta láði, með hæstu ágætiseinkunn
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| summation {n} (mathematics: an adding up of a series of items)
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:: summumyndun {f}
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| summer {n} (hottest season)
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:: sumar {n}
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| summer solstice {n} (the moment when the hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun)
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:: sumarsólstöður {f-p}, sumarsólhvörf {n-p}
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| sumo {n} (form of wrestling)
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:: súmóglíma {f}
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| sun {prop} (the star around which the Earth revolves, see also: Sun)
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:: sól {f}, sunna {f} [poetic]
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| sun {n} (a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system)
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:: sól {f}, sólstjarna {f}, fastastjarna {f}
|
| sun {n}
|
:: sól
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| Sun {prop} (star)
|
:: sól, Sól {f}
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| sunbath {n} (period of tanning)
|
:: sólbað {n}
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| sunbed {n} (tanning device) SEE: tanning bed
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::
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| Sunday {n} (day of the week)
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:: sunnudagur {m}
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| sundial {n} (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
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:: sólúr {n}
|
| sun dog {n} (spot)
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:: hjásól {f}, aukasól {f}, gíll {m} [to the west of the sun], úlfur {m} [to the east of the sun], úlfakreppa {f} [both simultaneously]
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| sundown {n} (sunset) SEE: sunset
|
::
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| sunfish {n} (fish of the family Molidae)
|
:: tunglfiskur
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| sunflower {n} (flower)
|
:: sólblóm {n}
|
| sunglasses {n} (tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun)
|
:: sólgleraugu {n-p}
|
| sunlight {n} (electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun)
|
:: sólarljós {n}
|
| sunrise {n} (time of day)
|
:: sólarupprás {f}, sólris {n}, sólaruppkoma {f}, dögun {f}
|
| sunrise {n} (figurative awakening)
|
:: dögun {f}
|
| sunset {n} (time of day)
|
:: sólsetur {n}, sólarlag {n}, sólfall {n}
|
| sunset {n} (changes in color of sky at sunset)
|
:: sólsetur {n}, sólarlag {n}
|
| sunset {n} (final period of life)
|
:: sólsetur {n}
|
| sunshine {n} (direct rays of the sun)
|
:: sólskin
|
| sunstroke {n} (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)
|
:: sólstingur {m}
|
| sunup {n} (time of day) SEE: sunrise
|
::
|
| sunup {n} (change in color of sky) SEE: sunrise
|
::
|
| supercilium {n} (arch of hair) SEE: eyebrow
|
::
|
| superficial {adj} (shallow, lacking substance)
|
:: yfirborðskenndur
|
| superhero {n} (a fictional crime-fighting character with superpowers)
|
:: ofurhetja {f}
|
| superlative degree {n} ((grammar))
|
:: efsta stig {n}
|
| superluminal {adj} (having a speed greater than light)
|
:: ljósfrár {m}, yfir ljóshraða
|
| supermarket {n} (store)
|
:: kjörbúð {f}, stórmarkaður {f}
|
| supernatural {adj} (above nature)
|
:: yfirnáttúrulegur
|
| supernatural {adj} (not of the usual)
|
:: yfirnáttúrulegur, yfirskilvitlegur
|
| supernova {n} (exploding star)
|
:: sprengistjarna {f}
|
| superphylum {n} (taxonomic category above phylum and below subkingdom)
|
:: yfirfylking {f}
|
| superposition principle {n} (The principle that a linear combination of two or more solutions of an equation is itself a solution)
|
:: viðlegðarregla {f}
|
| supersaturated {adj}
|
:: yfirmettaður {m}
|
| supersaturation {n} (condition of a solution)
|
:: ofmettun {f}, yfirmettun {f}
|
| superstition {n} (a belief that events may be influenced by one's behaviour in some magical or mystical way)
|
:: hjátrú {f}, hindurvitni {n}, hégilja {f}, bábilja {f}
|
| supersymmetry {n} (theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces)
|
:: ofursamhverfa
|
| supine {adj} (lying on its back)
|
:: á bakinu, liggja upp í loft, útafliggjandi
|
| supper {n} (food before going to bed)
|
:: kvöldmatur {m}
|
| supplement {n} (additional section of a newspaper)
|
:: fylgirit {n}
|
| supply and demand {n} (economic model of pricing)
|
:: framboð og eftirspurn
|
| support {n} (financial or other help)
|
:: stuðningur
|
| supporter {n} (animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms)
|
:: skjaldberi {m}
|
| suppository {n} (medicine in the form of a small plug that is inserted into a bodily cavity)
|
:: stíll {m}, stikkpilla {f}
|
| supracervical hysterectomy {n} (partial hysterectomy)
|
:: ofanhálslegnám {n}
|
| supravaginal {adj} (above the vagina)
|
:: ofan legganga
|
| supreme {adj} (dominant)
|
:: æðstur
|
| sure {adj} (certain in one's knowledge or belief)
|
:: viss {m}
|
| sure thing {interj} ((informal) a reply to thank you)
|
:: minnsta mál {n}, það var ekkert, ekkert mál
|
| sure thing {interj} (an affirmative reply; yes; certainly)
|
:: sjálfsagt mál {n}, ekkert mál {n}
|
| surf {n} (waves that break)
|
:: brim {n}
|
| surgeon {n} (doctor who performs surgery)
|
:: skurðlæknir {m}
|
| Suriname {prop} (country)
|
:: Súrínam {n}
|
| surname {n} (name that indicates family)
|
:: eftirnafn, kenninafn
|
| surreptitious {adj} (stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert)
|
:: laumulegur {m}, í laumi, leynilegur {m}
|
| surround {v} (to encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions)
|
:: umkringja
|
| sushi {n} (Japanese dish)
|
:: sushi
|
| suspender {n} (an item used hold up trousers)
|
:: axlabönd {n-p}
|
| suspenders {n} (trouser supporter) SEE: suspender
|
::
|
| suspension of disbelief {n} (people's acceptance of what they know to be a nonfactual premise)
|
:: frestun vantrúarinnar
|
| suspicion {n} (condition of being suspected)
|
:: grunur {m}
|
| sustainable development {n} (development seeking to economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same, by not exceeding natural regenerative capacity)
|
:: sjálfbær þróun {f}
|
| sustenance {n} (something that provides support or nourishment)
|
:: viðurværi {n}, fæði {n}, matur {m}, næring {f}
|
| Svalbard {prop} (islands north east of Greenland)
|
:: Svalbarði {m}
|
| Swahili {n} (language)
|
:: svahílí {n}
|
| swallow {v} (to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
|
:: kyngja, gleypa
|
| swallow {n} (bird)
|
:: svala, landsvala
|
| swamp {n} (type of wetland)
|
:: mýri {f}
|
| swan {n} (waterfowl of the genus Cygnus)
|
:: álft {f}, svanur {m}
|
| swan song {n} (a final performance)
|
:: svanasöngur
|
| swarthy {adj} (dark) SEE: dark
|
::
|
| swarthy {adj} (dark-skinned) SEE: dark-skinned
|
::
|
| swastika {n} (a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle)
|
:: hakakross {m}
|
| Swaziland {prop} (Kingdom of Swaziland, see also: eSwatini)
|
:: Svasíland {n}
|
| swear {v} (to take an oath)
|
:: sverja
|
| swear {v} (to curse, to use offensive language)
|
:: blóta
|
| swear word {n} (impolite or offensive taboo word)
|
:: blótsyrði {n}
|
| sweat {n} (fluid that exits the body through pores)
|
:: sviti {m}
|
| sweat {v} (to emit sweat)
|
:: svitna
|
| sweat {v} (informal: to worry)
|
:: hafa áhyggjur
|
| sweat {v} (to emit in the manner of sweat)
|
:: svitna
|
| sweater {n} (similar garment worn for warmth)
|
:: peysa {f}
|
| swede {n} (turnip) SEE: turnip
|
::
|
| swede {n} (yellow root of Brassica napus) SEE: rutabaga
|
::
|
| swede {n} (plant) SEE: rutabaga
|
::
|
| Swede {n} (person from Sweden or of Swedish descent)
|
:: Svíi {m}
|
| Sweden {prop} (Scandinavian country)
|
:: Svíþjóð {f}
|
| Swedish {prop} (language)
|
:: sænska {f}
|
| Swedish {adj} (of or pertaining to Sweden)
|
:: sænskur {m}
|
| Swedish {adj} (of or pertaining to the Swedish language)
|
:: sænsk
|
| Swedish turnip {n} (Brassica napus var. napobrassica) SEE: rutabaga
|
::
|
| Swedophone {adj} (Swedish-speaking)
|
:: sænskumælandi
|
| sweep {v} (to clean using a broom or brush)
|
:: sópa
|
| sweep {n} (chimney sweep) SEE: chimney sweep
|
::
|
| sweet {adj} (having a pleasant taste)
|
:: sætur
|
| sweet {adj} (having a taste of sugar)
|
:: sætur
|
| sweet {adj} (containing a sweetening ingredient)
|
:: sætur
|
| sweet {n} (food eaten for dessert) SEE: dessert
|
::
|
| sweet {n} (basic taste sensation induced by sugar) SEE: sweetness
|
::
|
| sweet-and-sour sauce {n} (sauce in Chinese cuisine that is both sugary and tart)
|
:: súrsæt sósa {f}
|
| sweet dreams {phrase} (sweet dreams)
|
:: dreymi þig vel
|
| sweetener {n} (food additive)
|
:: sætuefni {m}
|
| sweet flag {n} (Acorus calamus)
|
:: kalmusrót {f}
|
| sweetheart {n} (darling) SEE: darling
|
::
|
| sweetness {n} (condition of being sweet or sugary)
|
:: sætleik {f}
|
| sweetness {n} (pleasant disposition)
|
:: sætleik {f}
|
| sweet pepper {n} (fruit) SEE: bell pepper
|
::
|
| sweet potato {n} (ocarina) SEE: ocarina
|
::
|
| sweet potato {n} (tuber)
|
:: sætar kartöflur
|
| swelling {n}
|
:: bólga {f}
|
| swim {v} (move through water)
|
:: synda
|
| swim {n} (act or instance of swimming)
|
:: sund {n}
|
| swimming {n} (human activity of moving oneself through water)
|
:: sund {n}
|
| swimming costume {n} (garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit
|
::
|
| swimming goggles {n} (goggles for protecting the eyes in the water)
|
:: sundgleraugu {n-p}
|
| swimming pool {n} (pool for swimming)
|
:: sundlaug {f}, laug {f}, [outdoor swimming pool] útilaug {f}
|
| swimming pool {n} (indoor facility for swimming)
|
:: sundhöll {f}, innilaug {f},
|
| swimming trunks {n} (a pair of shorts or briefs worn for swimming or bathing)
|
:: sundskýla {f}
|
| swimsuit {n}
|
:: sundföt {n-p}, sundbolur {m}
|
| swimwear {n} (clothing for swimming) SEE: swimsuit
|
::
|
| swindle {v} (to defraud someone)
|
:: svindla á
|
| swindle {v} (to obtain money or property by fraudulent or deceitful methods)
|
:: svindla
|
| swindle {n} (an instance of swindling)
|
:: svindl {n}, svik {n}
|
| swine {n} (pig) SEE: pig
|
::
|
| swine {n} (contemptible person)
|
:: svín {n}
|
| swine flu {n} (influenza caused by orthomyxoviruses)
|
:: svínaflensa {f}
|
| swine influenza {n} (swine flu) SEE: swine flu
|
::
|
| swing {v} (to rotate about an off-centre fixed point)
|
:: sveiflast
|
| swing {v} (to ride on a swing)
|
:: róla (sér)
|
| swing {v} (to hang on gallows)
|
:: hanga
|
| swing {v}
|
:: sveifla
|
| swing {n} (manner in which something is swung)
|
:: sveifla {f}
|
| swing {n} (hanging seat)
|
:: róla {f}
|
| swing {n} (music style)
|
:: sveifla {f}
|
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to Switzerland)
|
:: svissneskur {m}
|
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to the Swiss people)
|
:: svissneskur {m}
|
| Swiss {adj} (of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s))
|
:: svissneskur {m}
|
| Swiss {n} (Swiss person)
|
:: Svisslendingur {m}
|
| Swiss Confederation {prop} (Official name of Switzerland)
|
:: Eiðsambandið Sviss
|
| Swiss roll {n} (type of sponge cake roll)
|
:: rúlluterta {f}
|
| Switzerland {prop} (sovereign country)
|
:: Sviss {f}
|
| swole {adj} (having large, well-developed muscles) SEE: muscular
|
::
|
| sword {n} (weapon)
|
:: sverð {n}
|
| swordfish {n} (Xiphias gladius)
|
:: sverðfiskur {m}
|
| sycamore {n} (sycamore maple) SEE: sycamore maple
|
::
|
| sycamore maple {n} (Acer pseudoplatanus)
|
:: garðahlynur
|
| sycophant {n} (one who uses compliments to gain self-serving favor or advantage from another person.)
|
:: smjaðrari {m}, höfðingjasleikja {f}, undirlægja {f}
|
| syllable {n} (unit of speech)
|
:: atkvæði {n}, samstafa {f}
|
| syllabus {n} (summary of topics)
|
:: námsáætlun {f}
|
| syllogism {n} (inference from premises)
|
:: rökhenda {f}
|
| symbol {n} (character or glyph)
|
:: tákn {n}
|
| symbol {n} (object meant to represent another)
|
:: tákn {n}
|
| symbolically {adv} (in a symbolic manner)
|
:: táknrænt
|
| symmetric {adj} (symmetrical) SEE: symmetrical
|
::
|
| symmetrical {adj} (exhibiting symmetry)
|
:: samhverfur {m}
|
| symmetric group {n} (mathematics: a group whose elements are precisely all of the bijections of some set with itself and whose operation is composition of those bijections)
|
:: samhverf grúpa {f}
|
| symphony {n} (piece of orchestral music)
|
:: sinfónía {f}
|
| symphony orchestra {n} (large orchestra that traditionally plays Western classical orchestral music)
|
:: sinfóníuhljómsveit {f}
|
| synaesthesia {n} (neurological or psychological phenomenon)
|
:: samskynjun {f}
|
| synagogue {n} (Jewish place of worship)
|
:: samkunduhús {n}, sýnagóga {f}
|
| synchronous {adj} (at the same time)
|
:: samstilltur {m}
|
| syncope {n} (missed beat or off-beat stress)
|
:: brottfall {n}
|
| syndactyly {n} (human condition)
|
:: [of the toes] samtáun {f}, [of the fingers] samfingrun {f}
|
| synergy {n} (medicine: combined action)
|
:: samvirkni {f}
|
| synod {n} (ecclesiastic council or meeting)
|
:: prestastefna {f}
|
| synonym {n} (word with same meaning as another)
|
:: samheiti {n}
|
| syntax {n} (formal rules of a computer language)
|
:: málskipan {f}
|
| syntax {n} (study of the structure of phrases and sentences)
|
:: setningafræði {f}, [dated] orðskipunarfræði {f}
|
| syntaxis {n} (syntax) SEE: syntax
|
::
|
| syphilis {n} (sexual disease caused by Treponema pallidum)
|
:: sárasótt {f}
|
| Syria {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Sýrland {n}
|
| Syrian {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Syria, the Syrian people or the Syrian language)
|
:: sýrlenskur
|
| Syrian {n} (a person from Syria or of Syrian descent)
|
:: Sýrlendingur {m}
|
| Syrian Arab Republic {prop} (official name of Syria)
|
:: Sýrlenska arabíska lýðveldið
|
| syringe {n} (hypodermic syringe)
|
:: sprauta {f}
|
| syrup {n} (thick liquid that has a high sugar content)
|
:: síróp {n}
|
| system {n} (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members)
|
:: kerfi {n}
|
| systemic circulation {n} (part of blood circulation)
|
:: líkamsblóðrás {f}
|
| system of equations {n} (set of equations)
|
:: jöfnuhneppi {n}
|
| syzygy {n} (astronomical conjunction)
|
:: raðstaða {f}, okstaða {f}
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