| baa {n} (bleating of sheep)
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:: jarm {n}
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| baa {interj} (cry of sheep)
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:: mee
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| baa {v} (to make the cry of sheep)
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:: jarma
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| babble {v} (to utter words indistinctly)
|
:: babla, masa, þvæla, mala, blaðra
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| babble {v} (to talk much)
|
:: babla, masa, þvæla, vera með heimskuhjal, tala of mikið, mala, blaðra, kjafta frá, fleipra út úr sér
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| babble {v} (to make a continuous murmuring noise)
|
:: niða, hjala
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| babble {n} (idle talk)
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:: babl {n}, óskýrt tal {n}, heimskulegt þvaður {n}, mas {n}
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| babble {n} (inarticulate speech)
|
:: babl {n}, óskýrt tal {n}, heimskulegt þvaður {n}, mas {n}
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| babble {n} (the sound of flowing water)
|
:: niður {m}, vatnsniður {m}
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| babbler {n}
|
:: þvaðrari {m}, skrafskjóða {f}, vaðalsgepill {m}, vaðlari {m}
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| babby {n} (baby) SEE: baby
|
::
|
| babe {n} (baby or infant) SEE: baby
|
::
|
| babe {n} (darling) SEE: baby
|
::
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| babehood {n} (babyhood) SEE: babyhood
|
::
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| baboon {n} (primate)
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:: bavían {m}, bavíani {m}, hundapi {m}
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| baboonish {adj} (like a baboon)
|
:: eins og bavían {m} {f} {n}, bavíana-
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| babushka {n} (woman’s headscarf tied under the chin)
|
:: skýla {f}, skýluklútur {m}, skýlyklútur bundinn undir höku {m}
|
| baby {n} (very young human being)
|
:: ungbarn {n}, ungabarn {n}, kornabarn {n}
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| baby carriage {n} (cart that is designed for moving a baby around in a lying position) SEE: pram
|
::
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| baby grand {n} (small grand piano)
|
:: lítill flygill {m}
|
| babyhood {n} (state or period of infancy)
|
:: frumbernska {f}, vítvoðungsaldur {m}
|
| babyish {adj} (like a baby)
|
:: smábarnalegur, barnalegur, kjánalegur
|
| babysit {v}
|
:: gæta krakka
|
| baby-sit {v}
|
:: gæta krakka
|
| babysitter {n} (baby or child caretaker)
|
:: barnapía
|
| baby talk {n} (form of speech used when talking to babies)
|
:: barnamál {n}, barnahjal {n}, gælumál {n}
|
| baby tooth {n} (tooth which will be replaced) SEE: milk tooth
|
::
|
| baccalaureate {n} (bachelor's degree) SEE: bachelor's degree
|
::
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| Bacchus {prop} (the Roman god of wine)
|
:: Bakkus {m}
|
| bachelor {n} (unmarried man)
|
:: piparsveinn {m}, einhleyplingur {m}, ókvæntur maður {m}
|
| bachelordom {n} (bachelorhood) SEE: bachelorhood
|
::
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| bachelorette party {n} (bachelorette party)
|
:: gæsapartí {n}
|
| bachelorhood {n} (the condition of being a bachelor)
|
:: einlífi {n}, einhleypni {f}, ókvæni {n}
|
| bachelor party {n} (party)
|
:: steggjapartí {n}
|
| bachelor's degree {n} (first or lowest academic degree)
|
:: bakkalárgráða {f}
|
| bachelorship {n} (bachelorhood) SEE: bachelorhood
|
::
|
| bacillary {adj} (of or pertaining to bacillus)
|
:: bakteríu-, staglaga
|
| bacillus {n} (any bacteria in the genus Bacillus)
|
:: staflaga baktería {f}, baktería {f}
|
| back {adv} (to or in a previous condition or place)
|
:: til baka
|
| back {n} (the rear of body)
|
:: bak {n}
|
| back {n} (the reverse side)
|
:: bakhlið {f}
|
| back {n} (the part of something that goes last)
|
:: afturhluti {m}
|
| backache {n} (any pain or ache in the back, see also: lumbago)
|
:: bakverkur {m}
|
| backbencher {n} (member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank)
|
:: venjulegur þingmaður {m} (referring to a man), venjuleg þingkona {f} (referring to a woman); þingmaður sem ekki er í flokksforystunni {m} (referring to a man), þingkona sem ekki er í flokksforystunni {f} (referring to a woman)
|
| backbite {v} (to make defamatory statements about another)
|
:: baknaga, rægja, rógbera
|
| backboard {n} (basketball)
|
:: bakfjalir {f-p}, spjald {n}
|
| backbone {n} (series of vertebrae that encloses the spinal cord)
|
:: hryggur {m}
|
| backbone {n} (any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure)
|
:: uppistaða {f}, meginstoð {f}
|
| backbone {n} (courage, fortitude, or strength)
|
:: skapfesta {f}, bein í nefinu {n}
|
| backbone {n} (backbone) SEE: spine
|
::
|
| backboned {adj} (having a spine)
|
:: hrygg-, með hrygg
|
| backbreaking {adj} (of work, very physically tiring)
|
:: lýjandi, erfiður
|
| back door {n} (secret, unprotected means of access)
|
:: leynilegur; laumulegur
|
| backdoor {n} (backdoor (all definitions)) SEE: back door
|
::
|
| backdrop {n} (a decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage)
|
:: bakhengi {m}, baktjald {n}, bakgrunnur {m}, baksvið {n}
|
| backer {n} (one who backs)
|
:: stuðningsmaður {m}
|
| background music {n} (music played in a public space)
|
:: bakgrunnstónlist {f}, fylgitónlist {f}
|
| background music {n} (music in a film, video game or other medium)
|
:: bakgrunnstónlist {f}
|
| background radiation {n} (ionizing radiation that is naturally present in the environment)
|
:: bakgrunnsgeislun {f}
|
| backhand {n} (stroke in tennis)
|
:: bakhandarhögg {n}
|
| backhand {n} (handwriting)
|
:: rithönd sem hallar til vinstri
|
| backhand {v}
|
:: slá bakhandarhögg
|
| backhand {adj}
|
:: handarbaks-, bakhandar-, bakhandarhöggs-
|
| backhanded {adj} (With the hand turned backward)
|
:: bakhandar-, gerður með handarbakinu {m}
|
| backhanded {adj} (Indirect; awkward)
|
:: klunnalegur {m}, klaufskur {m}
|
| backhanded {adj} (Turned back)
|
:: öfugsnúinn {m}; tvíræður {m}, vafasamur {m}
|
| backhanded {adj} (Of writing)
|
:: hallandi til vinstri
|
| back matter {n} (parts of a book that appear after the text)
|
:: baktexti
|
| backpack {n} (worn on a person's back, e.g., for hiking)
|
:: bakpoki {m}
|
| backrest {n} (back piece of a chair)
|
:: bak {n}, bakstoð {f}, bakfjöl {f}
|
| back road {n} (a secondary road, a little used road)
|
:: hliðarvegur {m}, vegur fjarri alfaraleið {m}
|
| backscratcher {n} (rod for scratching one's own back)
|
:: bakklóra {f}
|
| back seat {n} (seat)
|
:: aftursæti {n}
|
| back seat {n} (position)
|
:: áhrifalítil staða {f}, valdalítil staða {f}
|
| back-seat driver {n} (advising passenger)
|
:: aftursætisbílstjóri {m}
|
| backside {n} (back side of something)
|
:: bakhlið {n}, bak {n}
|
| backside {n} (buttocks)
|
:: rass {m}, rasskinnar {f-p}, sitjandi {m}
|
| backslapper {n} (person who is overly showy with their affections)
|
:: axlaklappari {m}, mjög viðkunnanlegur maður {m} (of a man), mjög viðkunnanleg kona {f} (of a woman); yfirmáta kumpánalegur maður {m} (of a man), yfirmáta kumpánaleg kona {f} (of a woman)
|
| backslapping {n} (action of the verb to backslap)
|
:: óhófleg kumpánaleg framkoma {f}, óumbeðið axlaklapp {n}
|
| backslide {v}
|
:: hrasa, lenda aftur í slysi, lenda aftur í synd, lenda aftur í villu
|
| backspace {n}
|
:: hop {n}
|
| backspace {v} (remove a character)
|
:: hopa
|
| backspin {n} (spin applied to a ball in order to slow it)
|
:: baksnúningur {m}
|
| backstage {adj} (behind a stage)
|
:: baktjalda-, baksviðs-
|
| backstage {adj} (secret)
|
:: leynilegur
|
| backstage {adv}
|
:: baktjalda-, baksviðs-, leynilegur, baksviðs, að tjaldabaki, aftan til á leiksviði
|
| backstage {n} (the area behind the stage)
|
:: baksvið {n}
|
| back to front {adj} (reversed)
|
:: öfugur
|
| backup {n} (copy of file or record)
|
:: öryggisafrit {n}, afrit {n}
|
| backup {adj} (intended as backup)
|
:: öryggis-
|
| Backus-Naur form {n} (a formal notation for context-free grammars)
|
:: Backus-Naur-ritháttur {m}, Backus-Naur ritháttur {m}
|
| backwards {adv} (in the opposite direction of usual)
|
:: aftur á bak
|
| backwards {adv} (with back preceding the front)
|
:: aftur á bak
|
| bacon {n} (cut of meat)
|
:: flesk {n}, beikon {n}
|
| bacteria {n} (bacteria)
|
:: gerlar {n-p}, bakteríur {n-p}
|
| bactericide {n} (Any substance that kills bacteria)
|
:: gerlabani {m}, bakteríueyðir {m}
|
| bacteriophage {n} (a virus that infects bacteria)
|
:: bakteríuveira {f}, faga {f}, gerilveira {f}, gerilæta {f}
|
| bacterium {n} (single celled organism with no nucleus or organelles)
|
:: baktería {f}, gerill {m}
|
| Bactrian camel {n} (Camelus bactrianus)
|
:: kameldýr {n}
|
| bad {adj} (unfavorable; negative)
|
:: vondur, slæmur, illur
|
| bad {adj}
|
:: slæmt {n}, slæmur {m}
|
| badass {adj} (belligerent and troublesome) SEE: belligerent
|
::
|
| badger {v} (fart) SEE: fart
|
::
|
| badger {n} (mammal)
|
:: greifingi {m}
|
| bad luck {n} (misfortune)
|
:: óhamingja {f}, ógæfa {f}
|
| badminton {n} (a racquet sport)
|
:: badminton {n}, hnit
|
| bag {n} (flexible container)
|
:: poki
|
| bag {n}
|
:: poki {m}
|
| bag {v} (to put into a bag)
|
:: sekkja, setja í poka
|
| bag {v} (to catch)
|
:: veiða
|
| bag {n} (suitcase) SEE: suitcase
|
::
|
| bag {n} (backpack) SEE: backpack
|
::
|
| bagel {n} (toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked)
|
:: beygla {f}
|
| baggage {n} (luggage) SEE: luggage
|
::
|
| bagpipe {n} (bagpipes) SEE: bagpipes
|
::
|
| bagpipes {n} (musical wind instrument)
|
:: sekkjapípa {f}
|
| baguette {n} (a narrow, relatively long rectangular shape)
|
:: snittubrauð {n}
|
| Bahamas {prop} (country in the Caribbean)
|
:: Bahamaeyjar
|
| Bahrain {prop} (country in the Middle East)
|
:: Barein
|
| bail {n} (security)
|
:: trygging {f}
|
| bailiwick {n} (precincts within which a bailiff has jurisdiction)
|
:: fógetaumdæmi {n}
|
| bailiwick {n} (area or subject of authority or involvement)
|
:: [area of knowledge] þekkingarsvið {n}, [occupational area] starfssvið {n}, [field of interest] áhugasvið {n}, [field of competence] valdsvið {n}
|
| Baird's sandpiper {n} (Calidris bairdii)
|
:: leirutíta
|
| bake {v} (to cook in an oven)
|
:: baka, seyða
|
| bake {v}
|
:: baka
|
| baker {n} (person who bakes and sells bread, etc)
|
:: bakari {m}
|
| baker's {n} (bakery) SEE: bakery
|
::
|
| baker's dozen {n} (cousin) SEE: cousin
|
::
|
| bakery {n} (a shop in which bread and such is baked and sold)
|
:: bakarí {n}
|
| baking soda {n} (common name for sodium bicarbonate)
|
:: matarsódi {m}
|
| Baku {prop} (the capital city of Azerbaijan)
|
:: Bakú {f}
|
| balance {n} (astrology: Libra) SEE: Libra
|
::
|
| balcony {n} (structure extending from a building)
|
:: svalir {f-p}, altan
|
| bald {adj} (having no hair)
|
:: sköllóttur {m}
|
| bale {v} (to remove water from a boat) SEE: bail
|
::
|
| ball {n} (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
|
:: bolti {m}
|
| ball {n} (testicle)
|
:: kúla [used in plural, with definite article]
|
| ball {n} (in plural - mildly vulgar slang - nonsense)
|
:: kjaftæði {n}, rugl {n}
|
| ball {n} (in plural — slang — courage)
|
:: kjarkur {m}
|
| ballast resistor {n} (an electrical resistor whose resistance varies with the current passing through it)
|
:: straumfestiviðnám {n}, álagsmótstaða {f}
|
| ball bearing {n} (bearing assembly with spherical balls)
|
:: kúlulega {f}
|
| ballerina {n} (female ballet dancer)
|
:: ballettdansmær {f}
|
| ballet {n} (form of dance)
|
:: ballett {m}, listdans {m}, leikdans {m}
|
| ball game {n} (game played with a ball)
|
:: boltaíþrótt {f}, knattleikur {m}
|
| ballgame {n} (ball game) SEE: ball game
|
::
|
| balloon {n} (inflatable and buoyant object)
|
:: blaðra {f}
|
| balloon {n} (child’s toy)
|
:: blaðra {f}
|
| balloon {n} (inflatable object to transport people through the air)
|
:: loftbelgur {m}
|
| balloonfish {n} (blowfish) SEE: blowfish
|
::
|
| ballot {n} (paper used for vote-casting)
|
:: kjörseðill {m}
|
| ball pen {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen
|
::
|
| ballpoint pen {n} (pen)
|
:: kúlupenni {m}
|
| balls {n} (follow the translations in the entry "ball") SEE: ball
|
::
|
| balsamic vinegar {n} (a dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine)
|
:: balsamedik {n}
|
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic Sea) SEE: Baltic Sea
|
::
|
| Baltic {prop} (Baltic region, Baltic states)
|
:: Eystrasaltslöndin {n-p}
|
| Baltic Sea {prop} (a sea)
|
:: Eystrasalt {n}, Austurmar {m}, Austursjór
|
| baluster {n} (banister)
|
:: rimill {m}, pílári í handriði {m}, brjóstriðssúla {f}, speli {m}, spæll {m}
|
| balustrade {n} (row of balusters)
|
:: brjóstrið {n}, súlnabrjóstrið {n}, handrið {n}, rimlahandrið {n}, grindverk {n}, rimlagirðing {f}
|
| Bambara {prop} (language)
|
:: bambara
|
| bamboo {n} (plant)
|
:: bambus {m}
|
| ban {v} (forbid)
|
:: banna
|
| ban {n} (prohibition)
|
:: bann {n}
|
| banana {n} (fruit)
|
:: banani {m}, bjúgaldin {n} [very uncommon]
|
| banana bread {n} (type of bread made with mashed bananas)
|
:: bananabrauð {n}
|
| banana peel {n} (outermost layer of the banana)
|
:: bananahýði {n}
|
| banana republic {n} (country)
|
:: bananalýðveldi {n}
|
| banana skin {n} (banana skin) SEE: banana peel
|
::
|
| bandage {n} (medical binding)
|
:: umbúðir {f-p}, plástur {m}
|
| bandit {n} (one who robs others)
|
:: ræningi
|
| bandog {n} (guard dog) SEE: guard dog
|
::
|
| bandwidth {n} (width of a frequency band)
|
:: bandbreidd {f}, bandvídd {f}
|
| bandwidth {n} (width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit)
|
:: bandbreidd {f}
|
| bandwidth {n} (measure of data flow rate in digital networks)
|
:: bandbreidd {f}
|
| bane {v} (to (kill by) poison) SEE: poison
|
::
|
| bane {n} (killer) SEE: killer
|
::
|
| bang {n} (A strike upon an object causing such a noise)
|
:: bang
|
| bang {v} (to hammer)
|
:: banga
|
| banger {n} (woman's breast) SEE: breast
|
::
|
| Bangla {prop} (Bengali) SEE: Bengali
|
::
|
| Bangladesh {prop} (country)
|
:: Bangladess
|
| bangs {n} (hair that hangs down over the forehead)
|
:: toppur {m}
|
| banister {n} (the handrail on the side of a staircase)
|
:: handrið {n}, stigahandrið {n}
|
| banister {n} (one of the vertical supports of a handrail)
|
:: rimill {m}, pílári í handriði {m}, brjóstriðssúla {f}, speli {m}, spæll {m}
|
| bank {n} (institution)
|
:: banki {m}
|
| bank {n} (branch office)
|
:: banki {m}, bankaútibú {n}
|
| bank {n} (edge of river or lake)
|
:: bakki {m}, árbakki {m} (of a river)
|
| bank account {n} (fund deposited by a customer for safekeeping in a bank)
|
:: bankareikning
|
| bank machine {n} (automated teller machine) SEE: automated teller machine
|
::
|
| banknote {n} (paper currency)
|
:: peningaseðill {m}
|
| bankrupt {adj} (having been legally declared insolvent)
|
:: gjaldþrota
|
| bankruptcy {n} (legally declared or recognised condition of insolvency)
|
:: gjaldþrot
|
| banner {n} (advertisement on a web page)
|
:: borði {m}
|
| banquet {n} (a large celebratory meal; a feast)
|
:: matarveisla {f}, stórveisla {f}, fjöldaveisla {f}
|
| banter {n} (good humoured conversation)
|
:: stríðni {f}
|
| banter {v} (to tease mildly)
|
:: stríða
|
| baobab {n} (Adansonia digitata)
|
:: apabrauðstré
|
| baptism {n} (Christian sacrament)
|
:: skírn {f}
|
| baptismal font {n} (a basin used for baptism)
|
:: skírnarfontur {m}
|
| bar {n} (vertical bar mark) SEE: pipe
|
::
|
| bar {n} (music: section of a staff) SEE: measure
|
::
|
| bar {prep} (with the exception of) SEE: except
|
::
|
| bar {n} (music: vertical line across a staff) SEE: bar line
|
::
|
| bar {n} (solid object with uniform cross-section)
|
:: stöng {f}
|
| bar {n} (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages)
|
:: bar {m}, krá {f}, ölstofa {f}, pöbb {m} [informal], knæpa {f}
|
| bar {n} (counter of such a premises)
|
:: bar {m}
|
| bar {n} (sports: in high jump and pole vault)
|
:: slá {f}
|
| bar {n} (unit of pressure)
|
:: bar {n}
|
| barb {n} (bit for a horse) SEE: bit
|
::
|
| barb {n} (beard or something that resembles a beard) SEE: beard
|
::
|
| barbarian {n} (uncivilized person)
|
:: barbari {m}
|
| barbarian {n}
|
:: barbari {m}, skrælingi {m}, villimaður {m}
|
| barbarous {adj} (barbarian) SEE: barbarian
|
::
|
| barbecue sauce {n} (type of sauce)
|
:: BBQ-sósa
|
| barber {n} (person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards)
|
:: rakari {m}, bartskeri {m}
|
| barcode {n} (set of machine-readable parallel bars)
|
:: strikamerki {n}
|
| bare {v} (to uncover, reveal)
|
:: bera
|
| barefaced lie {n} (falsehood told with utter confidence without trying to conceal the fact that it is false)
|
:: haugalygi {f}, [to tell somebody a barefaced lie] ljúga upp í opið geðið á einhverjum
|
| barefoot {adj} (wearing nothing on the feet)
|
:: berfættur {m}
|
| barefoot {adv} (wearing nothing on the feet)
|
:: berfættur, berum fótum
|
| barefooted {adj} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot
|
::
|
| barefooted {adv} (barefoot) SEE: barefoot
|
::
|
| barf {n} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| barf {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
|
| barge {n} (flat-bottomed bulk carrier mainly for inland waters)
|
:: prammi {m}
|
| barium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: barín
|
| bark {v} (to make a loud noise (dogs))
|
:: gelta, geyja, gjamma, bofsa
|
| bark {n} (short, loud, explosive utterance)
|
:: gelt {n}, gá {f}, hundgá {f}, gey {n}, gjamm {n}, bofs {n}
|
| bark {n} (exterior covering of a tree)
|
:: börkur {m}
|
| bark {n} (three-masted vessel, foremast and mainmast square-rigged, mizzenmast schooner-rigged)
|
:: barkur {m}
|
| barley {n} (Hordeum vulgare or its grains)
|
:: bygg {n}
|
| bar line {n} (vertical line across a staff)
|
:: taktstrik {n}
|
| barman {n} (bartender) SEE: bartender
|
::
|
| barn {n} (child) SEE: child
|
::
|
| barn {n} (building)
|
:: hlaða {f}
|
| barnacle {n} (barnacle goose) SEE: barnacle goose
|
::
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| barnacle {n} (marine crustacean)
|
:: hrúðurkarl {m}
|
| barnacle goose {n} (Branta leucopsis)
|
:: helsingi {m}
|
| barn owl {n} (Tyto alba)
|
:: turnugla
|
| barometer {n} (an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure)
|
:: loftvog {m}
|
| baron {n} (male ruler of a barony)
|
:: barón {m}
|
| baronet {n} (hereditary title)
|
:: barónett {m}
|
| baroscope {n} (barometer) SEE: barometer
|
::
|
| barotrauma {n} (tissue damage caused by air pressure difference)
|
:: þrýstingsáverki {m}
|
| barquentine {n} (sailing vessel)
|
:: barkantína {?}
|
| barracuda {n} (predatory competitor) SEE: shark
|
::
|
| barracuda {n} (marine fish)
|
:: barrakúda {f}
|
| barrel {n} (tube) SEE: tube
|
::
|
| barrel {n} (jar) SEE: jar
|
::
|
| barrel {n} (round vessel made from staves bound with a hoop)
|
:: tunna {f}
|
| barrel {n} (metallic tube of a gun)
|
:: hlaup {n}, byssuhlaup {n}
|
| barrel {n} (part of a clarinet)
|
:: baula {f}
|
| barrel organ {n} (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel)
|
:: lírukassi {m}
|
| barrister {n} (lawyer with the right to speak as an advocate in higher lawcourts)
|
:: málafærslumaður {m}
|
| bartender {n} (person who works in a bar)
|
:: barþjónn {m}
|
| baryon {n} (heavy subatomic particle)
|
:: þungeind {f}
|
| basalt {n} (hard rock)
|
:: basalt
|
| bascule bridge {n} (type of movable bridge)
|
:: vængjabrú {f}
|
| base {n} (permanent structure for housing military)
|
:: herstöð {f}
|
| base {n} (headquarters)
|
:: bækistöðvar {f-p}, höfuðstöðvar {f-p}
|
| base {n} (safe zone in children's game)
|
:: stikkfrí
|
| base {n} (geometry: lowest side or face)
|
:: grunnflötur {m}
|
| base {n} (math: number raised to the power of an exponent)
|
:: veldisstofn {m}
|
| base {n} (apron) SEE: apron
|
::
|
| baseball {n} (ball game)
|
:: hafnabolti {m}, hornabolti {m}
|
| baseball {n} (ball used in baseball-game)
|
:: hafnabolti {m}, hornabolti {m}
|
| baseball cap {n} (cap)
|
:: derhúfa {f}
|
| baseband {n} (frequency range)
|
:: grunnband {n}
|
| base class {n}
|
:: grunnklasi {m}
|
| Basel {prop} (city in Switzerland)
|
:: Buslaraborg {f}
|
| basement {n} (floor below ground level)
|
:: kjallari {m}
|
| base pair {n} (molecular biology: two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands)
|
:: basapar {n}
|
| Bashkir {prop} (language)
|
:: basjkíriska {f}
|
| Bashkortostani {adj} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir
|
::
|
| Bashkortostani {n} (Bashkir) SEE: Bashkir
|
::
|
| basin {n} (area of land that drains into a common outlet)
|
:: vatnasvið {n}
|
| basin {n}
|
:: skál, dæld, vatnasvæði
|
| basis point {n} (one hundredth of one percentage point)
|
:: punktur {m}
|
| basket {n} (container)
|
:: karfa
|
| basketball {n} (the sport)
|
:: körfubolti {m} körfuknattleikur {m}
|
| basketball {n} (the ball used in the sport)
|
:: körfubolti {m}
|
| basking shark {n} (Cetorhinus maximus)
|
:: beinhákarl {m}, barði {m}, rýnir {m}, beinagráni {m}
|
| Basque {n} (language)
|
:: baskneska {f}, baskamál {n}
|
| Basque {n} (member of a people)
|
:: Baski {m}
|
| Basque {adj} (relative to the Basque people or their language)
|
:: baskneskur
|
| Basque Shepherd Dog {n} (Basque Shepherd Dog)
|
:: baskneskur fjárhundur {m}
|
| bass clarinet {n} (bass instrument in the clarinet family)
|
:: bassaklarínett {n}, bassaklarínetta {f}
|
| Basse-Terre {prop} (capital city of Guadeloupe)
|
:: Basse-Terre
|
| basset horn {n} (alto instrument of the clarinet family)
|
:: bassetthorn {n}
|
| bassoon {n} (musical instrument in the woodwind family)
|
:: fagott {n}
|
| bassoonist {n} (person who plays the bassoon)
|
:: fagottleikari {m}
|
| bastard {n}
|
:: lausaleiksbarn {n}, bastarður {m}
|
| bastille {n} (prison) SEE: prison
|
::
|
| bastille {n} (fortress) SEE: fortress
|
::
|
| bat {n} (small flying mammal)
|
:: leðurblaka {f}
|
| bat {n} (club used for striking the ball in sports)
|
:: kylfa {f}
|
| bat {v} (hit)
|
:: slá (means simply ‘hit’)
|
| bate {v} (masturbate) SEE: masturbate
|
::
|
| bath {n} (tub)
|
:: pottur
|
| bath {v} (To wash a person or animal in a bath)
|
:: baða
|
| bathe {v} (to clean oneself with water)
|
:: baða
|
| bathe {n} (act of bathing)
|
:: bað {n}
|
| bathing suit {n} (tight fitting garment for swimming) SEE: swimsuit
|
::
|
| bathing trunks {n} (pair of shorts or briefs) SEE: swimming trunks
|
::
|
| bathos {n} (depth) SEE: depth
|
::
|
| bathrobe {n} (terrycloth robe)
|
:: sloppur {m}, baðsloppur {m}
|
| bathroom {n} (a room with a bathtub)
|
:: baðherbergi {n}
|
| bathroom {n} (room with a toilet) SEE: toilet
|
::
|
| bathtub {n} (large container in which a person may bathe)
|
:: baðkar {n}, baðker {n}
|
| Batman {prop} (the bat-themed hero)
|
:: Leðurblökumaðurinn
|
| baton {n} (music: conductor's stick)
|
:: tónsproti {m}
|
| batter {n} (player attempting to hit the ball)
|
:: kylfingur {m}
|
| battering ram {n} (type of siege engine used to smash gates and walls)
|
:: múrbrjótur {m}
|
| battery {n} (device storing electricity)
|
:: rafhlaða {f}, batterí {n}, rafgeymir {m} [rechargeable, usually large, such as in vehicles]
|
| battery {n} (legal: act of unlawful violence)
|
:: líkamsmeiðingar {f-p}
|
| battle {n} (general action, fight, or encounter; a combat)
|
:: bardagi {m}
|
| battle {n} (struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life)
|
:: barátta {f}
|
| battle axe {n} (electric guitar) SEE: electric guitar
|
::
|
| battlefield {n} (field of a land battle)
|
:: vígvöllur {m}
|
| battleground {n} (location) SEE: battlefield
|
::
|
| Battle of Britain {prop} (series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II)
|
:: orrustan um Bretland {n}
|
| baud {n} (A rate defined as the number of signalling events per second)
|
:: bot {n}, baud {n}, [bits per second] bitar á sekúndu {m-p}
|
| Bavaria {prop} (state)
|
:: Bæjaraland
|
| bay {n} (body of water)
|
:: vík {f}, flói {m}, bugt {f}
|
| Bay of Bengal {prop} (Large bay in the northeastern Indian Ocean)
|
:: Bengalflói
|
| bayonet {n} (weapon)
|
:: byssustingur {m}
|
| bazaar {n} (marketplace)
|
:: basar {m}, markaður {m}, torg {n}
|
| BC {adv} (before Christ)
|
:: f.Kr. (fyrir Krist)
|
| be {v} (occupy a place)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (occur, take place)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (exist)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (used to form the passive voice)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} ((archaic) used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs)
|
:: vera
|
| be {v} (used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like)
|
:: vera
|
| beach {n} (sandy shore)
|
:: strönd {f}
|
| beachgrass {n} (Ammophila arenaria) SEE: marram
|
::
|
| beak {n} (structure projecting from a bird's face)
|
:: nef {n}, goggur {m}
|
| beam {n} (large piece of timber or iron)
|
:: bjálki {m}
|
| beam {n} (ray)
|
:: geisli {m}
|
| bean {n} (seed)
|
:: baun {f}
|
| bean curd {n} (tofu) SEE: tofu
|
::
|
| bean goose {n} (Anser fabalis)
|
:: akurgæs {f}
|
| bear {v} (to give birth) SEE: give birth
|
::
|
| bear {n} (large mammal of family Ursidae)
|
:: björn {m}
|
| bearcat {n} (giant panda) SEE: giant panda
|
::
|
| bear cub {n} (young bear)
|
:: húnn {m}
|
| beard {n} (facial hair)
|
:: skegg {n}
|
| bearded {adj} (having a beard)
|
:: skeggjaður
|
| bearer {n} (one who bears)
|
:: beri {m}
|
| bearer {n} (someone who helps carry the coffin)
|
:: kistuberi {m}
|
| bearer {n} (possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.)
|
:: handhafi {m}
|
| bear market {n} (state of stock market)
|
:: dumbungsmarkaður {m}, svartsýnismarkaður {m}
|
| beast of burden {n} (animal that carries or pulls a load)
|
:: burðardýr {n} [carrying loads], dráttardýr {n} [pulling loads], vinnudýr {n} [more generic]
|
| beat around the bush {v} (to delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant)
|
:: tala í kringum, fara í kringum eins og köttur í kringum heitan graut
|
| beater {n} (a kitchen implement for mixing)
|
:: þeytari {m}
|
| Beatles {prop} (rock music quartet)
|
:: Bítlarnir
|
| beat one's brains out {v} (rack one's brain) SEE: rack one's brain
|
::
|
| beau {n} (boyfriend) SEE: boyfriend
|
::
|
| Beaufort scale {prop} (measure for the intensity of the wind)
|
:: Beaufort-kvarðinn
|
| beau geste {n} (gracious gesture, noble in form but often futile or meaningless in substance)
|
:: [fake benevolence] uppgerðargóðvild {f}, [pretentious magnanimity] sýndardrengskapur {m}, [a noble act] göfugmannlegt verk {n}, [an honourable deed] drengskaparbragð {n}
|
| beautiful {adj} (possessing charm and attractive)
|
:: fallegur, fagur
|
| beautify {v} (to make beautiful or more beautiful)
|
:: fegra
|
| beauty {n} (quality of pleasing appearance)
|
:: fegurð {f}
|
| beauty contest {n} (beauty pageant) SEE: beauty pageant
|
::
|
| beauty pageant {n} (competition on attractiveness)
|
:: fegurðarkeppni {f}, fegurðarsamkeppni {f}
|
| beauty spot {n} (birthmark) SEE: mole
|
::
|
| beaver {n} (semiaquatic rodent)
|
:: bjór {m}, bifur {m}
|
| be awake {v} (wake up) SEE: wake up
|
::
|
| be born {v} (to come into existence through birth)
|
:: fæðast
|
| be called {v} (to have a specific name)
|
:: heita
|
| because {adv} (on account)
|
:: vegna
|
| because {conj} (by or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that)
|
:: því, af því, því að, af því að, vegna, vegna þess, vegna þess að, út af því að
|
| because of {prep} (on account of, by reason of, for the purpose of)
|
:: vegna, út af, fyrir tilstilli, sökum
|
| become {v} (to begin to be)
|
:: verða
|
| bed {n} (piece of furniture)
|
:: rúm {n}
|
| bedbug {n} (small nocturnal insect)
|
:: veggjalús {f}
|
| bedroom {n} (room in a house where a bed is kept for sleeping)
|
:: svefnherbergi {n}
|
| bedside table {n} (nightstand) SEE: nightstand
|
::
|
| bee {n} (insect)
|
:: býfluga {f}, bý
|
| bee {n} (name of the letter B, b)
|
:: bé
|
| beech {n} (tree of genus Fagus)
|
:: beyki
|
| beef {n} (meat)
|
:: nautakjöt {n}
|
| beef {n} (cow, bull) SEE: cow
|
::
|
| beefy {adj} (muscular) SEE: muscular
|
::
|
| beehive {n} (home of bees)
|
:: býkúpa {f}, býflugnabú {n}
|
| bee in one's bonnet {n} (something of particular interest or concern)
|
:: ganga með dellu, ganga með meinloku
|
| beer {n} (alcoholic drink made of malt)
|
:: bjór, öl
|
| beer {n} (drink made from roots)
|
:: bjór, öl
|
| beer {n} (solution produced by steeping plant materials)
|
:: bjór, öl
|
| beer {n} (glass of beer)
|
:: bjór, öl, ölkrús, bjórkrús
|
| beer and skittles {n} (fun times)
|
:: jólin
|
| beer belly {n} (protruding abdomen)
|
:: bjórvömb {f}
|
| beer bottle {n} (a bottle designed to contain beer)
|
:: bjórflaska {f}
|
| beer goggles {n} (the illusion that people are more sexually attractive, brought on by alcohol consumption)
|
:: bjórgleraugu {n-p}
|
| beer gut {n} (beer belly) SEE: beer belly
|
::
|
| beestings {n} (first milk drawn from an animal) SEE: colostrum
|
::
|
| beeswax {n} (wax secreted by bees)
|
:: bývax {n}
|
| beetle {n} (insect)
|
:: bjalla {f}
|
| beetroot {n} (normally deep red coloured root vegetable)
|
:: rauðrófa, rauðbeða
|
| beet sugar {n} (sugar made from sugar beet)
|
:: rófusykur {m} {n}
|
| befool {v} (to fool, trick or deceive someone)
|
:: hafa að fífli, blekkja, pretta, gabba
|
| before {prep} (earlier than)
|
:: áður, fyrr
|
| before {adv} (at an earlier time)
|
:: áður, fyrr
|
| before {adv} (in advance)
|
:: áður, fyrirfram
|
| before {conj} (in advance of the time when)
|
:: áður en
|
| before long {prep} (soon) SEE: soon
|
::
|
| beg {v} (to request the help of someone, often in the form of money)
|
:: betla
|
| beget {v}
|
:: valda, geta, [1] geta af sér, fæða, [2] eiga
|
| beggar {n} (person who begs)
|
:: betlari {m}, beiningamaður {m}
|
| beggars can't be choosers {proverb} (when resources are limited, one must accept even substandard gifts)
|
:: vandfýsni hæfir ekki snauðum, [figurative] hafa skal það sem hendi er næst
|
| begin {v} (to start, to initiate or take the first step into something.)
|
:: byrja, hefjast
|
| beginner {n} (someone who just recently started)
|
:: byrjandi {m}
|
| beginning {n} (that which begins or originates something)
|
:: byrjun {f}
|
| behalf {n} (stead) SEE: stead
|
::
|
| behave {v}
|
:: haga sér
|
| behave oneself {v} (to act in a polite or proper way) SEE: behave
|
::
|
| behavior {n} (way an animal or human behaves or acts)
|
:: hegðun {f}
|
| behaviour {n} (behavior) SEE: behavior
|
::
|
| behest {n} (vow) SEE: vow
|
::
|
| behest {n} (promise) SEE: promise
|
::
|
| behind {prep}
|
:: eftir, fyrir [[aftan, á eftir [time]
|
| behind bars {prep} (in jail or prison)
|
:: bakvið lás og sleggju
|
| behind closed doors {prep} (in private)
|
:: á bak við luktar dyr
|
| behold {v} (to see, to look at)
|
:: sjá
|
| beige {n} (colour)
|
:: ljósbrúnn, grábrúnn, drappaður
|
| Beijing {prop} (capital of China)
|
:: Peking, Beijing
|
| being {n} (a living creature)
|
:: vera
|
| being {n} (the state or fact of existence)
|
:: tilvera
|
| bejel {n} (Endemic syphilis)
|
:: liktrá {f}
|
| bel {n} (measure of relative power)
|
:: bel {n}
|
| Belarus {prop} (country)
|
:: Hvíta-Rússland {n}
|
| Belarusian {adj} (pertaining to Belarus)
|
:: hvítrússneskur
|
| Belarusian {n} (language)
|
:: hvít-rússneska
|
| Belarusian {n} (person from Belarus or of Belarusian descent)
|
:: Hvít-Rússi {m}, Hvít-Rússar {m-p}
|
| Belgian {n} (Belgian, person from Belgium)
|
:: Belgi {m}, Belgar {m-p}
|
| Belgian {adj} (of or pertaining to Belgium)
|
:: belgískur {m}
|
| Belgian Sheepdog {n} (Umbrella term for the four Belgian sheepdog variants)
|
:: belgískur fjárhundur {m}
|
| Belgium {prop} (country in Europe)
|
:: Belgía {f}
|
| Belgrade {prop} (capital of Serbia)
|
:: Belgrad {f}, Belgrað {f}
|
| believable {adj} (capable of being believed; credible)
|
:: trúanlegur {m}, sennilegur {m}
|
| Belize {prop} (country)
|
:: Belís
|
| bell {n} (percussive instrument)
|
:: bjalla {f}, klukka {f}
|
| bell {n} (informal: telephone call)
|
:: símtal {n}
|
| bell {n} (signal at a school)
|
:: bjalla {f}
|
| bellicist {n} (warmonger) SEE: warmonger
|
::
|
| bellicose {adj} (warlike in nature)
|
:: herskár {m}, deilugjarn {m}, bardagafús {m}, óeirinn {m}, errinn {m}
|
| bellicose {adj} (having the impulse to be combative)
|
:: herskár {m}, bardagafús {m}
|
| bellicosity {n} (characteristic of being bellicose)
|
:: stríðsgirni {f}, stríðsfíkn {f}, deilugirni {f}, óeirðarsemi {f}
|
| belligerent {adj} (hostile, eager to fight)
|
:: herskár, ófriðsamur, deilugjarn
|
| belligerent {adj} (acting violently)
|
:: ófriðsamur, deilugjarn
|
| belligerent {n} (state or other armed participant in warfare)
|
:: styrjaldaraðili {m}, deiluaðili {m}
|
| bellows {n} (air blower)
|
:: físir {m}, físar {m-p}, físibelgur {m}, físibelgir {m-p}
|
| bell pepper {n} (spicy-sweet vegetable)
|
:: paprika {f}
|
| Bell's palsy {n} (paralysis of cranial nerve VII, the facial nerve)
|
:: andlitsvöðvalömun {f}
|
| belly {n} (abdomen)
|
:: magi {m}, [childish] malli {m}
|
| bellybutton {n} (the navel or umbilicus) SEE: navel
|
::
|
| belly dance {n} (form of dance)
|
:: magadans {m}
|
| belly dancer {n} (person who performs belly dances)
|
:: magadansmær {f} [female], magadansari {m} [gender-nonspecific]
|
| below the belt {prep} ((boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist)
|
:: undir beltisstað
|
| below the belt {prep} (unfair; not according to the rules)
|
:: undir beltisstað
|
| belt {n} (band worn around the waist)
|
:: belti {n}
|
| bench {n} (long seat)
|
:: bekkur {m}
|
| benchlet {n} (stool) SEE: stool
|
::
|
| bend {v} (to cause to shape into a curve)
|
:: beygja
|
| bendable {adj} (able to be bent or flexed or twisted without breaking)
|
:: beygjanlegur
|
| Benedict {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Benedikt
|
| benefit of the doubt {n} (a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence)
|
:: [give the benefit of the doubt] láta njóta vafans, [give the benefit of the doubt] telja saklausan uns sekt hefur verið sönnuð {m}
|
| benevolence {n} (disposition to do good)
|
:: örlæti
|
| Bengali {n} (language)
|
:: bengalska {f}
|
| Benin {prop} (country)
|
:: Benín {n}
|
| Beninese {n} (person)
|
:: Beníni {m}
|
| Beninese {adj} (of, from, or pertaining to Benin)
|
:: benínskur
|
| benzene {n} (aromatic compound C6H6)
|
:: bensen {n}, bensól {n}
|
| benzine {n} (benzene) SEE: benzene
|
::
|
| Beograd {prop} (Belgrade) SEE: Belgrade
|
::
|
| Beowulf {prop} (Epic poem)
|
:: Bjólfskviða
|
| be prepared {phrase} (motto)
|
:: viðbúin öll
|
| bequeath {v} (to give or leave by will)
|
:: arfleiða
|
| be quiet {interj} (remain silent) SEE: silence
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::
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| Berber {n} (Member of northwest African ethnic group)
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:: Berberi {m}
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| Berber {adj} (of the Berber people)
|
:: berberskur
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| bereave {v} (To take away someone or something important or close)
|
:: svipta, ræna, [take away loved ones] svipta ástvinum
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| bereavement {n} (The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death)
|
:: ástvinamissir {m}, einstæðingsskapur {m}
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| bereft {adj} (deprived of)
|
:: svipta, taka frá
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| beret {n} (type of brimless cap)
|
:: alpahúfa {f}
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| bergamot {n} (Mentha × piperita) SEE: peppermint
|
::
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| Bergen {prop} (city in Norway)
|
:: Björgvin {f}
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| Bering Strait {prop} (strait between Russia and Alaska)
|
:: Beringssund {n}
|
| berkelium {n} (transuranic chemical element)
|
:: berkelín
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| Berlin {prop} (capital city of Germany)
|
:: Berlín
|
| Berlin Wall {prop} (wall that parted Berlin)
|
:: Berlínarmúrinn {m}
|
| Berlin Wall {n} (barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border)
|
:: Berlínarmúrinn {m}
|
| Bermuda {prop} (island group)
|
:: Bermúda
|
| Bernoulli distribution {n} (distribution)
|
:: Bernoulli-dreifing {f}, tvíliðudreifing {f}, tvíkostadreifing {f}
|
| berry {n} (small fruit)
|
:: ber {n}
|
| berserk {n} (a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy)
|
:: berserkur {m}
|
| berserker {n} (Norse warrior) SEE: berserk
|
::
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| beryllium {n} (chemical element)
|
:: beryllín
|
| be sick {v} (vomit) SEE: vomit
|
::
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| beside oneself {prep} (consumed by an emotion)
|
:: ekki með sjálfum sér
|
| beside the point {adj} (irrelevant)
|
:: óviðkomandi {m}, utan við efnið, sem kemur málinu ekki við
|
| beside the point {adv} (irrelevantly)
|
:: óviðkomandi {m}, utan við efnið, sem kemur málinu ekki við
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| be silent {v} (refrain from speaking)
|
:: þegja
|
| best {adj} (superlative of the adjective good)
|
:: bestur
|
| best man {n} (primary attendant to the groom)
|
:: svaramaður {m}
|
| best regards {n} (polite closing of a letter)
|
:: kær kveðja
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| bet {n} (a wager)
|
:: veðmál {n}
|
| bet {v} (to stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event)
|
:: veðja
|
| beta particle {n} (energetic electron or positron)
|
:: betaeind {f}, betaögn {f}
|
| beta radiation {n} (radiation of beta particles)
|
:: betageislun {f}
|
| Bethlehem {prop} (City)
|
:: Betlehem
|
| betray {v} (to deliver into the hands of an enemy)
|
:: svíkja
|
| betrayal {n} (treason) SEE: treason
|
::
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| better {adj} (comparative of the adjectives good or well)
|
:: betri
|
| better {adv} (comparative form of the adverb well)
|
:: betur
|
| better an egg today than a hen tomorrow {proverb} (a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush) SEE: a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
|
::
|
| better safe than sorry {proverb} (it is preferable to be cautious)
|
:: það er betra að hafa vaðið fyrir neðan sig, allur er varinn góður
|
| between {prep} (in the position or interval that separates two things)
|
:: á milli
|
| between a rock and a hard place {prep} (in a difficult and inescapable position)
|
:: á milli steins og sleggju (between a stone and a hammer), milli tveggja elda (between two fires)
|
| between the devil and the deep blue sea {prep} (choice between two undesirable options)
|
:: á milli steins og sleggju, milli tveggja elda
|
| beverage {n} (drink)
|
:: drykkur {m}
|
| beware {v} (use caution, pay attention (to))
|
:: varast
|
| beyond {n} (unknown) SEE: unknown
|
::
|
| beyond the pale {prep} (behaviour)
|
:: út úr kortinu
|
| Bharat {prop} (India) SEE: India
|
::
|
| biangle {n} (digon) SEE: digon
|
::
|
| bib {n} (item of clothing for protecting other clothes while eating)
|
:: smekkur {m}
|
| Bible {prop} (Christian holy book)
|
:: biblía {f}
|
| biblical {adj}
|
:: biblíu-
|
| bicameral {adj} (having two separate legislative chambers)
|
:: tveggja deilda, með þvær þingdeildir
|
| bickering {n} (petty quarreling)
|
:: nagg {n}
|
| bicuspid {n} (tooth)
|
:: forjaxl {m}, framjaxl {m}
|
| bicycle {n} (vehicle)
|
:: reiðhjól {n}
|
| bicycle {v} (to ride a bicycle)
|
:: hjóla
|
| bicycle path {n} (segregated path for the use of bicycles)
|
:: hjólastígur {m}, hjólreiðastígur {m}, hjólreiðabraut {f}, reiðhjólastígur {m}
|
| bidet {n} (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)
|
:: skolskál {f}
|
| bidirectional {adj} (moving in two directions)
|
:: tvíbeind
|
| bidirectional {adj} (operating in two directions)
|
:: tvíbeind
|
| big {adj} (of a great size, see also: large)
|
:: stór
|
| big {adj} (adult)
|
:: fullorðinn
|
| Big Bang {prop} (cosmic event)
|
:: Stóri hvellur {m}
|
| big eater {n} (glutton) SEE: glutton
|
::
|
| bigram {n} (linguistics: a pair used in analysis)
|
:: tvístæða {f}
|
| big toe {n} (largest of the toes of the foot of a human)
|
:: stóra tá {f}, stóra táin {f}
|
| big wheel {n} (Ferris wheel) SEE: Ferris wheel
|
::
|
| bijection {n} (function that is both a surjection and an injection)
|
:: gagntæk vörpun {f}
|
| bike path {n} (bicycle path) SEE: bicycle path
|
::
|
| bilabial {adj} (articulated with both lips)
|
:: tvívaramæltur
|
| bilateral {adj} (having two sides)
|
:: tvíhliða
|
| bilateral {adj} (binding on both parties to an agreement)
|
:: tvíhliða
|
| bilberry {n} (type of blueberry from the cowberry family, see also: blueberry)
|
:: aðalbláber {n}
|
| bilberry {n}
|
:: bláber
|
| bile {n} (secretion produced by the liver)
|
:: gall {n}
|
| bile duct {n} (structure carrying bile)
|
:: gallgöng {n-p}
|
| bilingual {adj} (speaking two languages)
|
:: tvítyngdur
|
| bilingual {adj} (written in two languages)
|
:: tveggja mála, tvímála
|
| bill {n} (bird's beak)
|
:: nef {n}, goggur {m}
|
| bill {n} (draft of a law)
|
:: frumvarp {n}
|
| bill {n} (invoice)
|
:: reikningur {?}, nóta {f}
|
| bill {n} (piece of paper money) SEE: banknote
|
::
|
| billet-doux {n} (love letter) SEE: love letter
|
::
|
| billfold {n} (wallet) SEE: wallet
|
::
|
| billion {n} (a thousand million; 1,000,000,000; a milliard)
|
:: milljarður
|
| billionaire {n} (wealth exceeding one billion (109))
|
:: milljarðamæringur {m}
|
| Billy {prop} (William) SEE: William
|
::
|
| binary {adj} (using binary number system)
|
:: tvíunda-
|
| binary {adj} (having two parts)
|
:: tvístæður {m}
|
| binary logarithm {n} (the logarithm base two)
|
:: logri með grunntölu 2 {m}, logri með stofntölu 2 {m}
|
| binary number {n}
|
:: tvíundatala {f}
|
| binary operation {n} (two-operand operation)
|
:: tvístæð aðgerð {f}
|
| binary operator {n} (operator taking two operands)
|
:: tvístæður virki {m}
|
| binary relation {n} (order theory)
|
:: tvístæð vensl {n-p}
|
| binary star {n} (stellar system in which two stars orbit their center of mass)
|
:: tvístirni
|
| binary star system {n} (binary star) SEE: binary star
|
::
|
| binary system {n} (astronomy: system of two celestial objects) SEE: binary star
|
::
|
| binary tree {n} (a data structure)
|
:: tvíundatré {n}, tvíundartré {n}, tvíundahrísla {f}
|
| binaural {adj} (of or designed for use with two ears)
|
:: tvíheyrnar-, tvíeyrna-, tvíhlustar-
|
| bind {v} (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
|
:: binda
|
| binge eating disorder {n} (medical disorder)
|
:: nýlega hefur lotuofát
|
| binky {n} (pacifier) SEE: pacifier
|
::
|
| bin man {n} (garbage collector) SEE: garbage collector
|
::
|
| binoculars {n} (hand-held device for looking at a distance)
|
:: sjónauki, kíkir {m}
|
| binomial {adj} (consisting of two parts)
|
:: tvíliðu-, tvíliða
|
| binomial {n} (algebra: polynomial with two terms)
|
:: tvíliða {f}, tvíliða stærð {f}
|
| binomial {n} (algebra: quantity expressed as sum of two terms)
|
:: tvíliða {f}
|
| binomial coefficient {n} (binomial coefficient)
|
:: tvíliðustuðull {m}
|
| binomial distribution {n} (probability distribution)
|
:: tvíliðudreifing {f}, tvíkostadreifing {f}
|
| binomial nomenclature {n} (The scientific system of naming each species of organism with a Latinized name in two parts)
|
:: tvínafnakerfi {n}
|
| binomial theorem {n} (formula giving the expansion of an alegraic sum raised to any positive integer power)
|
:: tvíliðusetning {f}
|
| biochemistry {n} (the chemistry of those compounds that occur in living organisms, and the processes that occur in their metabolism and catabolism)
|
:: lífefnafræði {f}
|
| biodiversity {n} (diversity of flora and fauna)
|
:: líffræðileg fjölbreytni {f}
|
| biogenesis {n}
|
:: lífkviknun
|
| biological warfare {n} (use of an organism as a weapon of war)
|
:: sýklahernaður {m}
|
| biologist {n} (student of biology; one versed in the science of biology)
|
:: líffræðingur {m}
|
| biology {n} (study of living matter)
|
:: líffræði {f}
|
| bioluminescence {n} (emission of light by a living organism)
|
:: lífljómun {f}
|
| bionic ear {n} (cochlear implant) SEE: cochlear implant
|
::
|
| biopsy {n} (removal and examination of a sample of tissue for diagnostic purposes)
|
:: vefsýnitaka {f}
|
| biopsy {v} (to take a sample for pathological examination)
|
:: taka vefsýni
|
| biotechnology {n} (use of living organisms in industrial, agricultural, medical applications)
|
:: líftækni {f}
|
| biotechnology {n} (application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences)
|
:: líftækni {f}
|
| biotite {n} (dark brown mica)
|
:: bíótít {n}
|
| bipedal {adj} (having two feet or two legs)
|
:: tvífættur
|
| bipolar disorder {n} (psychiatric diagnostic category)
|
:: geðhvörf, geðhvarfasýki
|
| birch {n} (tree)
|
:: björk {f}, birki {n}, birkitré {n}
|
| birch {n} (wood)
|
:: birki {n}
|
| birch bolete {n} (Leccinum scabrum)
|
:: kúalubbi {m}, birkisveppur {m}
|
| bird {n} (animal)
|
:: fugl {m}
|
| bird cherry {n} (Prunus padus)
|
:: heggur {m}, heggviður {m}
|
| bird flu {n} (avian influenza) SEE: avian influenza
|
::
|
| birdlife {n} (birds collectively)
|
:: fuglalíf {n}
|
| birdlime {n} (serving of a prison sentence) SEE: time
|
::
|
| birds of a feather flock together {proverb} (people of similar character, etc. tend to associate)
|
:: [like pays a visit to like] líkur sækir líkan heim, [those who are like attract each other] sækjast sér um líkir
|
| birds of the feather flock together {proverb} (birds of a feather flock together) SEE: birds of a feather flock together
|
::
|
| biro {n} (ballpoint pen) SEE: ballpoint pen
|
::
|
| birth {n} (process of childbearing; beginning of life)
|
:: fæðing {f}, hingaðburður {m}
|
| birthdate {n} (date of birth) SEE: date of birth
|
::
|
| birthday {n} (anniversary)
|
:: afmælisdagur {m}, fæðingardagur {m}
|
| birthday {n} (date of birth)
|
:: fæðingardagur {m}, afmælisdagur {m}
|
| birthday boy {n} (a male whose birthday it is)
|
:: afmælisbarn {n}
|
| birthday girl {n} (a female whose birthday it is)
|
:: afmælisbarn {n} [gender-neutral]
|
| birthday party {n} (a party held to celebrate a birthday)
|
:: afmælisveisla {f}
|
| biscuit {n} (small, flat baked good, see also: cookie; cracker)
|
:: kex {n}
|
| bisexual {adj} (sexually attracted to both men and women)
|
:: tvíkynhneigður
|
| bisexual {adj} (botany: having both male and female organs)
|
:: tvíkynja
|
| bisexual {adj} (hermaphrodite) SEE: hermaphrodite
|
::
|
| bisexuality {n} (psychology)
|
:: tvíkynhneigð {f}
|
| bishop {n} (church official, supervisor of priests and congregations)
|
:: biskup {m}
|
| bishop {n} (chess piece)
|
:: biskup {m}
|
| bishop's pawn {n} (in chess)
|
:: biskupspeð {n}
|
| bismuth {n} (chemical element)
|
:: bismút
|
| bison {n} (wild ox, Bison bonasus)
|
:: vísundur {m}
|
| bissextile {n} (leap year) SEE: leap year
|
::
|
| bissextile year {n} (year with an extra day) SEE: leap year
|
::
|
| bit {n} (math: binary digit)
|
:: biti, tvíundatölustafur
|
| bit {n} (computing smallest unit of storage)
|
:: biti, tvíundatölustafur
|
| bit {n} (coin of a specified value) SEE: coin
|
::
|
| bitch {n} (female canine)
|
:: tík {f}
|
| bitch {n} (disagreeable, aggressive person, usually female)
|
:: tík {f}
|
| bitch {n} (playful variation on dog (sense "man")) SEE: dog
|
::
|
| bitch out {v} (to complain) SEE: bitch
|
::
|
| bite {v} (to cut into by clamping the teeth)
|
:: bíta
|
| bite the bullet {v} (endure punishment with dignity or accept a negative aspect of a situation)
|
:: bíta í það súra epli [bite into the sour apple]
|
| bitmap {n} (a series of bits)
|
:: bitakort {n}, punktamynd {f}, punktafylki {n}
|
| bitter {adj} (having an acrid taste)
|
:: beiskur
|
| bittersweet {adj} (expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure)
|
:: ljúfsár {m}
|
| bituminous shale {n} (argilliaceous shale)
|
:: bikflögusteinn {m}, olíuflögusteinn {m}
|
| blab {n} (gossip) SEE: gossip
|
::
|
| black {adj} (absorbing all light)
|
:: svartur
|
| black {adj} (relating to people with dark skin)
|
:: svartur {m}
|
| black {n} (colour/color)
|
:: svartur
|
| blackberry {n} (shrub)
|
:: brómber {n}, bjarnarber {n}
|
| blackberry {n} (fruit)
|
:: brómber {n}
|
| blackbird {n} (Turdus merula: blackbird)
|
:: svartþröstur {m}
|
| blackboard {n} (a surface that can be written upon with chalk)
|
:: tafla {f}, skólatafla {f}
|
| black currant {n} (berry)
|
:: sólber {n}
|
| Black Death {prop} (14th century pandemic outbreak)
|
:: svarti dauði {m}
|
| black elder {n} (Sambucus nigra) SEE: elder
|
::
|
| black eye {n} (bruised eye)
|
:: glóðarauga {n}
|
| Black Forest {prop} (German forest and mountain range)
|
:: Svartiskógur {m}, Myrkviður {m}
|
| black goose {n} (goose of the genus Branta) SEE: brant
|
::
|
| black grouse {n} (Lyrurus tetrix)
|
:: orri
|
| black guillemot {n} (black guillemot)
|
:: teista {f}
|
| black-headed gull {n} (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
|
:: hettumáfur {m}
|
| black hole {n} (celestial body)
|
:: svarthol
|
| black lead {n} (graphite) SEE: graphite
|
::
|
| black-legged kittiwake {n} (Rissa tridactyla)
|
:: rita {f}
|
| black magic {n} (magic derived from evil forces)
|
:: svartagaldur
|
| blackmail {n} (extortion of money by threats of public accusation, exposure, or censure)
|
:: fjárkúgun {f}
|
| blackmail {v} (to extort money)
|
:: kúga fé út úr e-m
|
| black pepper {n} (spice)
|
:: svartur pipar {m}
|
| black pudding {n}
|
:: blóðmör {m}
|
| Black Sea {prop} (an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor)
|
:: Svartahaf {n}
|
| black sheep {n} (disliked person)
|
:: svartur sauður {m}
|
| blacksmith {n} (iron forger, see also: smith)
|
:: járnsmiður {m}
|
| black swan {n} (Cygnus atratus)
|
:: svartsvanur {m}
|
| black-winged pratincole {n} (Glareola nordmanni)
|
:: stepputrítill
|
| bladder {n} (urinary bladder) SEE: urinary bladder
|
::
|
| blade {n} (sharp-edged or pointed working end of a tool or utensil)
|
:: blað {n}, egg {f}
|
| blade {n} (thin plate, foil)
|
:: egg {f}
|
| blade {n} (the flat part of a leaf or petal)
|
:: blað {n}
|
| blade {n} (slang term for a weapon such as a dagger)
|
:: blað {n}, egg {f}, sverð {n}
|
| blame {n} (responsibility) SEE: responsibility
|
::
|
| blanket {n} (fabric)
|
:: ábreiða {f}
|
| blasphemy {n} (Irreverence toward something sacred)
|
:: guðlast {n}
|
| blast from the past {n} (something long unseen evoking nostalgic feelings)
|
:: fortíðaþruma {f}, þátíðaþruma {f}
|
| blastocyst {n} (mammalian blastula)
|
:: kímblaðra {f}
|
| blaze {n} (fast-burning fire)
|
:: eldsvoði {m}, bál {n}
|
| bleach {n} (chemical)
|
:: bleikiefni {n}
|
| bleat {n} (cry of a sheep or a goat)
|
:: jarmur {m}
|
| bleat {v} (to make the cry of a sheep or goat)
|
:: jarma
|
| bleed {v} (lose blood)
|
:: [impersonal] blæða
|
| bleed out {v} (die due to excess bloodloss)
|
:: blæða út
|
| blend {n} (in linguistics) SEE: portmanteau word
|
::
|
| blender {n} (machine)
|
:: blandari {m}
|
| blepharoplasty {n} (plastic surgery on the eyelid)
|
:: augnaloksviðgerð {f}, augnaloksgerð {f}
|
| blepharospasm {n} (spasm of eyelid)
|
:: hvarmakrampi {m}, augnlokakrampi {m}
|
| bless {v} (confer blessing on)
|
:: blessa
|
| bless you {interj} (said to somebody who has sneezed)
|
:: guð hjálpi þér, hjálpi þér, Guð blessi þig
|
| bless you {interj} (short for "God bless you") SEE: God bless you
|
::
|
| blind {adj} (unable to see)
|
:: blindur {m}
|
| blind alley {n} (street that leads nowhere) SEE: dead end
|
::
|
| blind as a bat {adj} (nearly totally blind)
|
:: steinblindur {m}
|
| blind gut {n} (caecum) SEE: caecum
|
::
|
| blind leading the blind {phrase} (situation in which an unqualified person is attempting to guide, advise, or train others)
|
:: blindur leiðir blindan
|
| blind man's buff {n} (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others)
|
:: skollaleikur {m}
|
| blinks {n} (Montia fontana)
|
:: lækjagrýta {f}
|
| blister {n} (bubble on the skin)
|
:: blaðra {f}, vessabóla {f}, vatnsbóla {f}
|
| blitzkrieg {n} (fast military offensive)
|
:: leifturstríð {n}
|
| blizzard {n} (severe snowstorm)
|
:: hríðarbylur {m}
|
| block {n} (residential building consisting of flats)
|
:: blokk {f}
|
| block {n} (section of split log used as fuel)
|
:: kubbur {m}
|
| block and tackle {n} (system of several pulleys)
|
:: talía {f}
|
| blockchain {n} (shared record)
|
:: bálkakeðja {f}
|
| block of flats {n} (apartment building) SEE: apartment building
|
::
|
| blog {n} (a personal or corporate website)
|
:: blogg {n}
|
| blog {v} (to contribute to a blog)
|
:: blogga
|
| blogger {n} (contributor to a blog)
|
:: bloggari {m}
|
| blond {adj} (having blond hair)
|
:: ljóshærður
|
| blond {n} (fair-haired person)
|
:: ljóshærður {m}, ljóshærð {f}
|
| blonde {n} (blond) SEE: blond
|
::
|
| blonde {adj} (blond) SEE: blond
|
::
|
| blood {n} (vital liquid flowing in animal bodies)
|
:: blóð {n}
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| blood {n} (family relationship due to birth, e.g. between siblings)
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:: blóð {n}
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| blood bank {n} (place where human blood or blood plasma is typed and stored)
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:: blóðbanki {m}
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| bloodbath {n} (indiscriminate killing or slaughter)
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:: blóðbað {n}
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| blood cell {n} (any of the cells normally found in the blood)
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:: blóðkorn {n}, blóðfruma {f}
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| blood clot {n}
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:: blóðkökkur {m}
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| blood corpuscle {n} (blood cell) SEE: blood cell
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::
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| blood feud {n} (feud between clans or families) SEE: vendetta
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::
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| blood orange {n} (type of orange)
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:: blóðappelsína {f}
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| blood pressure {n} (pressure exerted by the blood against the walls of the arteries and veins)
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:: blóðþrýstingur {m}
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| blood pudding {n} (blood sausage) SEE: blood sausage
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::
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| blood sausage {n} (type of sausage)
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:: blóðmör {m}, slátur {m} [more generic]
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| bloodsucker {n} (vampire) SEE: vampire
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::
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| bloodsucker {n} (parasite) SEE: parasite
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::
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| blood vessel {n} (component of the circulatory system that carries blood)
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:: æð {f}
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| bloody {adj} (covered in blood)
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:: blóðugur
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| bloody {adj} (characterised by great bloodshed)
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:: blóðugur
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| bloom {n} (flower) SEE: flower
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::
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| blotto {adj} ((very) drunk or intoxicated) SEE: drunk
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::
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| blow {n} (cocaine) SEE: snow
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::
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| blow-dryer {n} (an electrical device used for drying hair) SEE: hairdryer
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::
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| blower {n} (telephone) SEE: telephone
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::
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| blowfish {n} (any species of fish of the family Tetraodontidae that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)
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:: ígulfiskur {m}
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| blowfly {n} (flies of the family Calliphoridae)
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:: maðkafluga {f}
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| blowhole {n} (spiracle through which cetaceans breath)
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:: blásturshola {f}, blástursop {n}
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| blow hot and cold {v} (inconsistent behavior)
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:: bera kápuna á báðum öxlum
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| blowjob {n} (the act of fellatio)
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:: tott {n}, munnmök {n-p} (used for any oral sex)
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| blow off steam {v} (to vent to relieve stress)
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:: rasa út, fá útrás
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| blue {adj} (blue-colored, see also: dark blue; light blue)
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:: blár
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| blue {n} (colour)
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:: blár
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| blue {n} (sky, literally or figuratively) SEE: sky
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::
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| blueberry {n} (fruit)
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:: bláber {n}
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| blue cheese {n} (kind of cheese with bluish mold)
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:: gráðostur {m}
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| blue-eyed {adj} (having blue eyes)
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:: bláeygður, bláeygur
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| blue mussel {n} (Mytilus edulis)
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:: kræklingur {m}
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| bluestone {n} (limestone) SEE: limestone
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::
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| bluestone {n} (basalt) SEE: basalt
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::
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| blue tit {n} (Cyanistes caeruleus)
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:: blámeisa
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| Bluetooth {prop} (nickname of a Danish king)
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:: Blátönn {m}, Haraldur blátönn {m}
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| blue whale {n} (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus)
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:: steypireyður {f}
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| blurry {adj} (not clear, crisp, or focused)
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:: óskýr
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| blush {n} (makeup)
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:: kinnalitur {m}
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| blush {v} (to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment)
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:: roðna
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| Blu-Tack {n} (putty-like adhesive)
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:: kennaratyggjó {n}
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| boar {n} (wild boar) SEE: wild boar
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::
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| boar {n} (male pig)
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:: göltur {m}
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| board {n} (long, wide and thin piece of wood or other material)
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:: borð {n}
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| board game {n} (game played on a board)
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:: borðspil {n}
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| boarding school {n} (school which provides board and lodging)
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:: heimavistarskóli {m}
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| boast {n} (brag)
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:: mont {n}, gort {n}, sjálfshól {n}
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| boat {n} (water craft)
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:: bátur {m}
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| boat {v} (travel by boat)
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:: fara á báti, flytja á báti
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| boatyard {n} (shipyard) SEE: shipyard
|
::
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| bob {n} (curtsey) SEE: curtsey
|
::
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| bobolink {n} (songbird)
|
:: rísstarli
|
| bocal {n} (metal tube connecting a double reed to the instrument)
|
:: [on bassoons] ess {n}, [on instruments of the oboe family] krókur {m}
|
| Boche {n} (German) SEE: German
|
::
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| bodkin {n} (dagger) SEE: dagger
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::
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| body {n} (physical structure of a human or animal)
|
:: líkami {m}
|
| body {n} (fleshly or corporeal nature of a human)
|
:: líkami {m}
|
| body {n} (corpse)
|
:: lík {n}
|
| body {n} (torso)
|
:: búkur {m}, bolur {m}
|
| body {n} (largest or most important part of anything (e.g. car bodywork))
|
:: meginhluti {m}, kjarni {m}
|
| body {n} (code of a subroutine)
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:: meginmál {n}
|
| bodybuilder {n} (a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique)
|
:: vaxtarræktarmaður {m}, vaxtarræktarkappi {m}
|
| bodybuilding {n} (sport of muscle development)
|
:: vaxtarrækt {f}
|
| body camera {n} (video recording system worn on the body)
|
:: búkmyndavél {f}
|
| body odour {n} (unpleasant smell on a perons's body)
|
:: líkamslykt {f}, svitalykt {f}
|
| boffin {n} ((informal) engineer or scientist)
|
:: vísindarannsóknarmaður {m}
|
| bogey {n} (a score of one over par in golf)
|
:: skolli {m}
|
| bogie {n} (cigarette) SEE: cigarette
|
::
|
| bogie {n} (ghost) SEE: ghost
|
::
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| bogie {n} (bogey) SEE: bogey
|
::
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| bogus {adj} (counterfeit or fake; not genuine)
|
:: óekta {m}, falskur {m}, svikinn {m}
|
| Bohemia {prop} (The region of the Czech Republic)
|
:: Bæheimur {m}, Bóhemía {f}
|
| bohemium {n} (rhenium) SEE: rhenium
|
::
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| boiled {adj} (angry) SEE: angry
|
::
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| boiled {adj} (drunk) SEE: drunk
|
::
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| boisterous {adj}
|
:: fyrirgangssamur, hávaðasamur
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| Bokmål {n} (language)
|
:: bókmál {n}
|
| Bolivia {prop} (country in South America)
|
:: Bólivía {f}
|
| bollard {n} (post to secure mooring lines)
|
:: polli {m}
|
| Bolshevik {n} (a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917)
|
:: bolsévik {m}
|
| bolt {n} (bar to prevent a door from being forced open)
|
:: slagbrandur {m}
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| bolt from the blue {n} (something totally unexpected)
|
:: eins og þruma úr heiðskíru lofti, eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum, sem reiðarslag, eins og þruma úr heiðríkju, öllum að óvörum
|
| bomb {n} (device filled with explosives)
|
:: sprengja {f}, holkúla {f}
|
| bomb {n} (success) SEE: success
|
::
|
| bombshell {n} (a bomb or artillery shell designed to explode on impact)
|
:: sprengja {f}, sprengikúla {f}
|
| bombshell {n} (something that is very surprising, shocking, amazing or sensational)
|
:: óvænt atvik {n}, [thunder from a clear sky] þruma úr heiðskíru lofti {f}, stórviðburður {m}, æsifréttaefni {n}, æsifregn {f}
|
| bona fide {adj} (done in good faith)
|
:: gerður í góðri trú
|
| bona fide {adj} (genuine)
|
:: ósvikinn
|
| Bonaparte's gull {n} (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
|
:: trjámáfur {m}, gabbiano di Bonaparte {m}
|
| bon appétit {phrase} (used to wish someone enjoyment of the meal they are about to eat)
|
:: verði þér að góðu {s}, verði ykkur að góðu {p}
|
| bone {n} (material)
|
:: bein {n}
|
| bone {n} (component of a skeleton)
|
:: bein {n}
|
| bone {n} (colour)
|
:: beinhvítur {m}
|
| bone marrow {n} (bone marrow)
|
:: beinmergur {m}
|
| boner {n} (rigid state of penis or clitoris) SEE: erection
|
::
|
| bonfire {n} (large, outdoor controlled fire)
|
:: bál {n}, varðeldur {m}
|
| bongo {n} (drum)
|
:: bongótromma {f}
|
| bongo drum {n} (bongo) SEE: bongo
|
::
|
| bonjour {interj} (hello) SEE: hello
|
::
|
| Bonn {prop} (a city in Germany)
|
:: Bonn {f}
|
| bonnet {n} (cover over the engine of a motor car)
|
:: vélarhlíf {f}, húdd {n}
|
| bonsai {v} (a miniaturized tree or plant)
|
:: dvergtré {n}
|
| bonus {n} (something extra that is good)
|
:: bónus {m}
|
| bonus {n} (extra amount of money given as a premium)
|
:: bónus {m}
|
| bon voyage {interj} (wish of good journey)
|
:: góða ferð
|
| boo {interj} (loud exclamation intended to scare someone)
|
:: bú, bö
|
| boo {interj} (word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared)
|
:: bú, bö
|
| boo {interj} (exclamation used by a member of an audience)
|
:: ú
|
| boo {v} (to shout boos derisively (intransitive))
|
:: púa
|
| boo {v} (to shout boos at (transitive))
|
:: púa út
|
| booby trap {n} (antipersonnel device deliberately hidden or disguised as a harmless object)
|
:: sprengjugildra {f}
|
| book {n} (ebook) SEE: e-book
|
::
|
| book {n} (collection of sheets of paper bound together containing printed or written material)
|
:: bók {f}
|
| bookcase {n} (furniture displaying books)
|
:: bókaskápur {m}
|
| bookend {n} (object designed to keep books upright)
|
:: bókastoð {f}
|
| bookjacket {n} (jacket of a book) SEE: dust jacket
|
::
|
| booklet {n} (small book)
|
:: bæklingur {m}
|
| bookmark {n} (strip used to mark a place in a book)
|
:: bókamerki {n}
|
| Book of Mormon {prop} (one of the sacred works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
|
:: Mormónsbók {f}
|
| bookrack {n} (rack for books) SEE: bookshelf
|
::
|
| bookshelf {n} (shelf for storing books)
|
:: bókahilla
|
| bookshop {n} (shop that sells books)
|
:: bókaverslun {f}, bókabúð {f}
|
| bookstore {n} (bookshop) SEE: bookshop
|
::
|
| Boolean lattice {n} (The lattice corresponding to a Boolean algebra.)
|
:: Boole-grind {f}
|
| Boolean variable {n} (variable from the domain of Boolean algebra)
|
:: Boole-breyta {f}
|
| boom {n} (period of prosperity)
|
:: góðæri {n}
|
| boomerang {n} (flat curved airfoil)
|
:: bjúgverpill {m}
|
| boot {n} (heavy shoe that covers part of the leg)
|
:: stígvél {n}
|
| boot {v} (to start a system)
|
:: ræsa, [rare, initiate bootstrap] inna ræsiforrit
|
| boot {n} (kick) SEE: kick
|
::
|
| boot {n} (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car) SEE: trunk
|
::
|
| bootstrap {v} (to load the operating system) SEE: boot
|
::
|
| bootstrap {n} (a loop at the top of a boot to help in pulling it on)
|
:: stígvélahanki {m}
|
| bootstrap {n} (the process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory)
|
:: ræsiforrit {n}
|
| bootstrap {v} (to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program)
|
:: sjálfþýða
|
| boot up {v} (to start computer by bootstrap procedure) SEE: boot
|
::
|
| bordello {n} (brothel) SEE: brothel
|
::
|
| border {n} (the outer edge of something)
|
:: mæri {n-p}
|
| border {n} (the line or frontier area separating regions)
|
:: landamæri
|
| bore {v} (to make a hole)
|
:: bora
|
| boric oxide {n} (white solid)
|
:: bóroxíð {n}
|
| boring {adj} (causing boredom)
|
:: leiðinlegur
|
| born {v} (be born) SEE: be born
|
::
|
| Bornholm {prop} (Danish island in the Baltic Sea)
|
:: Borgundarhólmur {m}
|
| boron {n} (chemical element)
|
:: bór {n}
|
| borough {n} (municipal borough)
|
:: borg {f}
|
| borrowing {n} (loanword) SEE: loanword
|
::
|
| bosk {n} (thicket; small wood) SEE: thicket
|
::
|
| Bosnia {prop} (short for 'Bosnia and Herzegovina')
|
:: Bosnía
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina {prop} (country on the Balkan peninsula)
|
:: Bosnía og Hersegóvína
|
| Bosnian {n} (the people)
|
:: Bosníumaður {m}, Bosníukona {f}
|
| Bosnian {n} (the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian)
|
:: Bosníska
|
| bosom {n} (chest, breast)
|
:: barmur {m}
|
| Bosphorus {prop} (a strait that passes through Istanbul)
|
:: Bosporussund
|
| boss {n} (person in charge)
|
:: stjóri {m}
|
| bossage {n} (rough, unfinished stone block)
|
:: skrautknappur {m}
|
| bot {n} (robot) SEE: robot
|
::
|
| botanist {n} (a person engaged in botany)
|
:: grasafræðingur {m}
|
| botany {n} (scientific study of plants)
|
:: grasafræði {f}
|
| both {determiner} (each of two; one and the other)
|
:: bæði; báðir {m-p}, báðar {f-p}, bæði {n-p}
|
| bother {v} (to annoy, disturb)
|
:: ergja, angra
|
| bother {n} (fuss, ado)
|
:: vesen {n}
|
| bother {n} (trouble, inconvenience)
|
:: vesen {n}, mál {n}, vandamál {n}
|
| botheration {interj} (expression of annoyance) SEE: bother
|
::
|
| bottle {n} (container)
|
:: flaska {f}
|
| bottlenose dolphin {n} (species of dolphin)
|
:: stökkull {m}
|
| bottle sedge {n} (sedge species)
|
:: tjarnastör {f}
|
| bottom {n} (lowest part)
|
:: botn {m}
|
| botulism {n} (medical condition)
|
:: bótúlíneitrun {f}
|
| bough {n} (tree branch)
|
:: trjágrein {f}, grein {f}
|
| bouillon {n} (a clear seasoned broth)
|
:: kjötkraftur {m}
|
| bouncing {adj} (healthy; vigorous)
|
:: hraustlegur, myndarlegur
|
| bounty {n} (abundance or wealth) SEE: abundance
|
::
|
| bouquet {n} (bunch of flowers)
|
:: blómvöndur {m}
|
| bouquet {n} (scent of wine)
|
:: vínilmur {m}
|
| bourdon {n} (bumblebee) SEE: bumblebee
|
::
|
| bourse {n} (stock exchange) SEE: stock exchange
|
::
|
| bovine spongiform encephalopathy {n} (bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
|
:: kúariða {f}
|
| bow {n} (weapon used for shooting arrows)
|
:: bogi {m}
|
| bow {n} (bend in a rod or planar surface)
|
:: bogi {m}
|
| bow {n} (rod used for playing stringed instruments)
|
:: bogi {m}
|
| bow {n} (type of knot with two loops)
|
:: slaufa {f}
|
| bow {v} (to play music on an instrument using a bow)
|
:: strjúka
|
| bow {v} (to become bent)
|
:: bogna, svigna, bugast
|
| bow {v} (to bend a thing)
|
:: beygja, sveigja
|
| bow {v} (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
|
:: hneigja sig
|
| bow {n} (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)
|
:: hneiging {f}
|
| bow {n} (front of a boat or ship)
|
:: bógur {m}
|
| bowdlerize {v} (to remove or alter parts of a text considered offensive)
|
:: [to expurgate] ritskoða
|
| bowfin {n} (Amia calva)
|
:: eðjufiskur {m}, boguggi {m}, leirgedda {f}
|
| bowhead {n} (Balaena mysticetus)
|
:: norðhvalur {m}
|
| bowhead whale {n} (a whale, Balaena mysticetus) SEE: bowhead
|
::
|
| bowl {n} (container for food)
|
:: skál {f}
|
| bowler {n} (pitcher) SEE: pitcher
|
::
|
| bowman {n} (archer) SEE: archer
|
::
|
| bowstring {n} (string of an archer's bow)
|
:: bogastrengur {m}
|
| bowtie {n} (necktie shaped like a bow)
|
:: slaufa {f}, þverslaufa {f}
|
| bowtie {adj} (shaped like a bow-tie)
|
:: slaufu-
|
| box {n} (cuboid space; container)
|
:: kassi {m}, box {n}
|
| box {n} (small area on a document for a tick mark)
|
:: reitur {m}, kassi {m}
|
| box {v} (to fight against (a person) in a boxing match)
|
:: boxa
|
| box {n} (rectangle) SEE: oblong
|
::
|
| boxcutter {n} (utility knife) SEE: utility knife
|
::
|
| boxer {n} (participant in a boxing match)
|
:: boxari {m}, hnefaleikari {m}
|
| boxer {n} (breed of dog)
|
:: boxer, böggur {m}
|
| boxing {n} (the sport of boxing)
|
:: hnefaleikar {m-p}, box {n}
|
| Boxing Day {n} (the day after Christmas: 26 December)
|
:: annar í jólum {m}
|
| box office {n} (ticket office)
|
:: miðasala {f}
|
| boy {n} (young male)
|
:: strákur {m}, drengur {m}, piltur {m}, sveinn {m} [somewhat dated]
|
| boy {n} (non-white male)
|
:: negri {m} [often considered offensive]
|
| boy {n} (male of any age, used as a friendly diminutive)
|
:: strákur {m}
|
| boy {n} (adult male found attractive)
|
:: strákur {m}
|
| boy {n} (male friend)
|
:: strákur {m}
|
| boy band {n} (pop group whose members are all young men)
|
:: strákasveitir
|
| boyfriend {n} (male partner in a romantic relationship)
|
:: kærasti {m}
|
| boyfriend {n} (male friend)
|
:: vinur {m}
|
| bra {n} (brassiere)
|
:: brjóstahaldari
|
| bracelet {n} (a band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry or an ornament)
|
:: armband {n}
|
| bracket {n} (round bracket) SEE: round bracket
|
::
|
| brackish {adj} (slightly salty)
|
:: ísaltur
|
| bradylalia {n} (form of dysarthria characterized by very slow speech)
|
:: hagmæli {n}
|
| brag {n} (boast) SEE: boast
|
::
|
| Brahman {prop}
|
:: Bramíni
|
| braid {n} (hairstyle)
|
:: fléttur {f}
|
| braille {n} (system of writing using raised dots)
|
:: blindraletur {n}
|
| brain {n} (organ)
|
:: heili {m}
|
| brain death {n} (irreversible cessation of brain activity)
|
:: heiladauði {m}
|
| brainpower {n} (mental ability) SEE: intelligence
|
::
|
| brainwash {v} (to affect one's mind)
|
:: heilaþvo
|
| brain-washing {n} (form of indoctrination)
|
:: heilaþvottur {m}
|
| braise {v} (To cook in a small amount of liquid)
|
:: brasa
|
| brake {n} (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
|
:: bremsa {f}
|
| bramble {n} (diverse Rubus shrubs) SEE: blackberry
|
::
|
| brambling {n} (bird)
|
:: fjallafinka {f}
|
| branch {n} (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk)
|
:: grein {f}
|
| brand {n} (mark made by burning)
|
:: brennimark {n}
|
| brand {v} (mark with proof of ownership)
|
:: brennimerkja
|
| brandish {v} (to move a weapon)
|
:: bregða, sveifla
|
| brant {n} (wild geese of the genus Branta)
|
:: margæs {f} [Branta bernicla]
|
| brass {n} (alloy of copper and zinc)
|
:: látún {n}
|
| brassiere {n} (bra) SEE: bra
|
::
|
| brass instrument {n} (musical instrument)
|
:: málmblásturshljóðfæri {n},
|
| brass knuckles {n} (weapon which reinforces the fist)
|
:: hnúajárn {n}
|
| bravado {n} (a show of defiance or courage)
|
:: mannalæti {n}, sýndarhugrekki {n}
|
| bravado {n} (a false show of courage)
|
:: mannalæti {n}, sýndarhugrekki {n}
|
| brave {adj} (strong in the face of fear)
|
:: hugrakkur
|
| bravery {n} (being brave)
|
:: hugrekki {n}
|
| brawl {n} (disorderly argument or fight)
|
:: áflog {n-p}, bardagi {m}, slagsmál {n-p}
|
| brawl {v} (to engage in a brawl, see also: fight; quarrel)
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:: slást, berjast, fljúgast á
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| bray {v} (to make the cry of a donkey)
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:: rymja
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| bray {n} (cry of an ass or donkey)
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:: rymur {m}
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| Brazil {prop} (Portuguese-speaking country in South America)
|
:: Brasilía {f}
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| bread {n} (baked dough made from cereals)
|
:: brauð {n}
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| bread {n} (countable: any variety of bread)
|
:: brauð {n}
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| bread {n} (slang: money)
|
:: peningur {m}
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| bread {v} (to bread)
|
:: velta upp úr brauðmylsnu
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| bread and circuses {n} (food and entertainment provided by the state)
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:: brauði og leikum
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| breadbasket {n} (stomach) SEE: stomach
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::
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| breadcrumb {n} (tiny piece of bread)
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:: brauðmylsna {f}
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| bread knife {n} (knife designed to cut bread)
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:: brauðhnífur {m}
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| bread machine {n} (household appliance which makes dough) SEE: bread maker
|
::
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| bread maker {n} (household appliance which makes bread)
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:: brauðvél {f}
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| breadmaker {n} (baker) SEE: baker
|
::
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| breadmaker {n} (bread maker) SEE: bread maker
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::
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| bread roll {n} (miniature round loaf of bread)
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:: rúnstykki
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| breadth {n} (width) SEE: width
|
::
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| breadth-first search {n} (a search algorithm)
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:: þverleit {f}, breiddarleit {f}
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| break {v} (intransitive: to separate into (to end up in) two or more pieces)
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:: brotna
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| break {v} (intransitive, of a bone: to crack)
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:: brotna
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| break {v} (transitive: to cause (a bone) to crack)
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:: brjóta
|
| break {v} (transitive: to do that which is forbidden by (something))
|
:: brjóta
|
| break {v} (intransitive: to stop functioning properly or altogether)
|
:: brjóta
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| break {v} (transitive: to cause to stop functioning)
|
:: skemma, eyðileggja
|
| break {v} (of a wave, to collapse into a surf)
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:: brotna
|
| break {v}
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:: brjóta niður
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| breakable {adj} (fragile) SEE: fragile
|
::
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| breakfast {n} (first meal of the day)
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:: morgunmatur {m}, morgunverður {m}, árbítur {m}
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| breakfast cereal {n} (food made from processed grains)
|
:: morgunkorn {n}
|
| breakpoint {n} ((computing) point in a program where operation may be interrupted)
|
:: rofstaður {m}
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| breast {n} (milk-producing organ)
|
:: brjóst {n}, bobblingur {m} (vulgar)
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| breast {n} (chest)
|
:: bringa {f}, brjóst {f}
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| breast {n} (seat of emotions)
|
:: brjóst {f}
|
| breast {n} (animal's thorax)
|
:: bringa {f}
|
| breast {n} (choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals)
|
:: bringa {f}
|
| breastbone {n} (the central narrow bone in the front of the chest)
|
:: bringubein {n}, brjóstbein {n}
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| breast cancer {n} (cancer of the breast)
|
:: brjóstakrabbamein {n}, brjóstakrabbi {m} [colloquial]
|
| breastfeed {v} (feed a baby milk via the breasts)
|
:: leggja á brjóst
|
| breast milk {n} (milk produced by humans)
|
:: brjóstamjólk {f}
|
| breaststroke {n} (swimming stroke)
|
:: bringusund {n}
|
| breaststroke {v} (to swim using this stroke)
|
:: synda bringusund
|
| breath {n}
|
:: andi {m}, andardráttur {m}
|
| breathe {v} (to draw air in and out)
|
:: anda
|
| breathing {n} (act of respiration)
|
:: öndun {f}
|
| breeding {n} (copulation) SEE: sexual intercourse
|
::
|
| breezefly {n} (horsefly) SEE: horsefly
|
::
|
| brent goose {n} (Small member of the goose family)
|
:: margæs {f}
|
| Breslau {prop} (Wroclaw) SEE: Wroclaw
|
::
|
| Breton {n} (the language)
|
:: Bretónska
|
| breve {n} (semicircular diacritical mark)
|
:: skál {f}
|
| brew {n} (beer) SEE: beer
|
::
|
| brew {n} (hill) SEE: hill
|
::
|
| brewer {n} (someone who brews)
|
:: bruggari {m}
|
| brewery {n} (building where beer is produced)
|
:: ölgerð {f}, ölgerðarhús {n}
|
| Brian {prop} (male given name)
|
:: Brjánn {m}
|
| bribe {n} (inducement to dishonesty)
|
:: múta {f}
|
| bribe {v} (to give a bribe)
|
:: múta
|
| brick {n} (hardened block used for building)
|
:: múrsteinn {m}, tígulsteinn {m} [rare], leirsteinn {m} [rare]
|
| brick {n} (a building material)
|
:: múrsteinn {m}, byggingarklossar {m-p}, byggingarkubbar {n-p}
|
| brick {n} (term for a helpful, reliable person)
|
:: ágætis manneskja {f}, perla af manni {f}, fyrirtaks manneskja {f}
|
| brick {adj} (made of brick(s))
|
:: úr múrsteini
|
| brick wall {n} (wall)
|
:: múr {m}
|
| bride {n} (woman in the context of her own wedding)
|
:: brúður {f}
|
| bridegroom {n} (bridegroom, groom)
|
:: brúðgumi {m}
|
| bridge {n} (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
|
:: brú {f}
|
| bridge {n} (nautical)
|
:: stjórnpallur {m}
|
| bridge {n} (card game)
|
:: bridds {n}
|
| bridled tern {n} (Onychoprion anaethetus)
|
:: taumþerna
|
| briefcase {n} (case used for carrying documents)
|
:: skjalataska {f}
|
| bright {adj} (visually dazzling, luminous, radiant)
|
:: bjartur, skær, skínandi, ljómandi
|
| bright {adj} (intelligent)
|
:: greindur, skarpur, greindarlegur
|
| bright {adj} (vivid)
|
:: skær; bjartur {m}, björt {f}, bjart {n}
|
| bright {adj} (happy)
|
:: hýr; glaðlegur
|
| brimstone {n} (sulfur) SEE: sulfur
|
::
|
| brine {n} (salt water)
|
:: pækill {m}
|
| bring {v} (to transport toward somebody/somewhere)
|
:: færa
|
| bring {v}
|
:: [+ accusative case] koma með, [bring to a person] færa
|
| bring owls to Athens {v} (to undertake a pointless venture) SEE: carry coals to Newcastle
|
::
|
| bring to light {v} (expose)
|
:: leiða í ljós
|
| brinjal {n} (an aubergine) SEE: eggplant
|
::
|
| briny {n} (sea) SEE: sea
|
::
|
| Brit {n} (British person) SEE: Briton
|
::
|
| Britain {prop} (United Kingdom) SEE: United Kingdom
|
::
|
| Britain {prop} (island, see also: Great Britain; British Isles)
|
:: Bretland {n}
|
| Britain {prop} (Brittany) SEE: Brittany
|
::
|
| britches {n} (pants) SEE: pants
|
::
|
| British {prop} (citizens or inhabitants of Britain)
|
:: Breti {m}
|
| British Isles {prop} (group of islands)
|
:: Bretlandseyjar {f-p}
|
| Briton {n} (inhabitant of Great Britain)
|
:: Breti {m}
|
| Brittany {prop} (region of North West France)
|
:: Bretanía {f}
|
| brittle {adj} (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
|
:: brothætt
|
| Brittonic {adj} (Brythonic) SEE: Brythonic
|
::
|
| bro {n} (a male sibling) SEE: brother
|
::
|
| broach {n} (spit) SEE: spit
|
::
|
| broach {n} (architecture: spire) SEE: spire
|
::
|
| broad {adj} (wide) SEE: wide
|
::
|
| broad {n} (whore) SEE: whore
|
::
|
| broad-shouldered {adj} (having broad shoulders)
|
:: herðabreiður
|
| broccoli {n} (plant Brassica oleracea var. italica)
|
:: spergilkál {n}, brokkolí {n}
|
| brochure {n} (booklet of printed informational matter)
|
:: bæklingur {m}
|
| bromide {n} (platitude) SEE: platitude
|
::
|
| bromine {n} (nonmetallic chemical element)
|
:: bróm {n}
|
| bronchus {n} (Either or two branches of the trachea)
|
:: berkja {f}
|
| Bronx cheer {n} (synonym of raspberry) SEE: raspberry
|
::
|
| bronze {v} (to tan) SEE: tan
|
::
|
| bronze {n} (alloy)
|
:: brons {n}
|
| Bronze Age {prop} (archaeology)
|
:: bronsöld {f}
|
| broom {n} (domestic utensil)
|
:: sópur {m}, kústur {m}, vöndur {m}
|
| broth {n} (water in which food (meat or vegetable etc) has been boiled)
|
:: seyði {n}
|
| brothel {n} (house of prostitution)
|
:: hóruhús {n}, vændishús {n}, pútnahús {n}
|
| brother {n} (male sibling)
|
:: bróðir, brói {m} [colloquial]
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's brother)
|
:: mágur {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's brother)
|
:: mágur {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's sister's husband)
|
:: mágur {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's husband's sister's husband)
|
:: svili {m}
|
| brother-in-law {n} (one's wife's sister's husband)
|
:: svili {m}
|
| brow {n} (forehead) SEE: forehead
|
::
|
| brow {n} (eyebrow) SEE: eyebrow
|
::
|
| brown {n} (colour)
|
:: brúnn {n}
|
| brown {adj} (having a brown colour)
|
:: brúnn
|
| brown {v} (to tan) SEE: tan
|
::
|
| brown bear {n} (Ursus arctos)
|
:: skógarbjörn {m}, brúnbjörn
|
| brown coal {n} (lignite) SEE: lignite
|
::
|
| brown dwarf {n} (starlike object)
|
:: brúnn dvergur
|
| brown-eyed {adj} (having brown eyes)
|
:: brúneygður, brúneygur
|
| brownie {n} (small rich cake)
|
:: súkkulaðikökum
|
| brownnose {v} (fawn) SEE: fawn
|
::
|
| browser {n} (web browser) SEE: web browser
|
::
|
| brunch {n} (a meal)
|
:: dögurður {m}, dagverður {m}, hábítur {m}, bröns {m}
|
| Brunei {prop} (a country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Brúnei
|
| brush {n} (implement)
|
:: (paint-) pensill {m} (hair-) bursti {m}, hárbursti {m} ("tooth-") tannbursti {m}
|
| brush {v} (to clean (with a brush))
|
:: bursta
|
| brusque {adj} (rudely abrupt, unfriendly)
|
:: þurr á manninn, þurr á manninn, stuttur í spuna, stuttaralegur, hranalegur, byrstur, ruddalegur
|
| Brussels {prop} (capital of Belgium)
|
:: Brussel {f}
|
| Brussels sprout {n} (vegetable)
|
:: rósakál {n}
|
| bruxism {n} (habit or practice of grinding the teeth)
|
:: tannagnístran {m}
|
| bryozoan {n} (invertebrate in the phylum Bryozoa)
|
:: mosadýr {n}
|
| Brythonic {adj} (of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup)
|
:: bresk, brýþonsk
|
| B-tree {n} (indexed data structure suitable for storage of a large number of items in a balanced fashion)
|
:: jafnmælistré {n}, jafnmælishrísla {f}
|
| bubble {n} (Greek) SEE: Greek
|
::
|
| bubble {n} (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
|
:: kúla {f}
|
| bubble {v} (to cry, weep) SEE: weep
|
::
|
| bubble {v} (to cheat, delude) SEE: cheat
|
::
|
| bubonic plague {n} (disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis)
|
:: kýlapest {f}
|
| Bucharest {prop} (The capital of Romania)
|
:: Búkarest {?}
|
| buck {n} (ram) SEE: ram
|
::
|
| buck {n} (male deer, goat, etc.)
|
:: hafur {m}
|
| bucket {n} (container)
|
:: fata {f}
|
| Buckingham Palace {prop} (the official London residence of the British monarch)
|
:: Buckinghamhöll {m}
|
| buckle {n} (belt clasp)
|
:: sylgja {f}
|
| buck's party {n} (bachelor party) SEE: bachelor party
|
::
|
| buckwheat {n} (fruit of this plant as cereal)
|
:: bókhveiti {n}, bæki {n}
|
| bucolic {adj} (rustic, pastoral, country-styled)
|
:: sveitalegur {m}, sveita-, sveitalífs-, sveitasælu-, óheflaður {m}, grófgerður {m}, prests-
|
| bucolic {adj} (pertaining to herdsmen or peasants)
|
:: bóndalegur {m}
|
| Buddha {prop} (spiritual and philosophical teacher)
|
:: Búdda {m}
|
| budgerigar {n} (species of parakeet)
|
:: gári {m}
|
| buffalo {n} (Old World mammals)
|
:: buffall
|
| buff-breasted sandpiper {n} (Calidris subruficollis)
|
:: grastíta {f}
|
| buffer {n} (portion of memory in computing)
|
:: biðminni {n}
|
| buffered {adj} (using a buffer)
|
:: biðvistaður {m}
|
| buffet {n}
|
:: hlaðborð {n}
|
| bug {n} (problem that needs fixing (especially in computing))
|
:: böggur {n}
|
| bugger {n} (whippersnapper) SEE: whippersnapper
|
::
|
| buggery {n} (anal sex) SEE: anal sex
|
::
|
| build {v} ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
|
:: byggja
|
| builder {n} (a bodybuilder) SEE: bodybuilder
|
::
|
| building {n} (act or process of building)
|
:: bygging {f}
|
| building {n} (closed structure with walls and a roof)
|
:: bygging {f}, hús {n}
|
| built-in {adj} (constructed as a non-detachable part)
|
:: innbyggður {m}
|
| bulb {n} (light bulb) SEE: light bulb
|
::
|
| Bulgaria {prop} (country)
|
:: Búlgaría {f}
|
| Bulgarian {adj} (relating to Bulgaria, its people or the Bulgarian language)
|
:: búlgarskur, búlgverskur
|
| Bulgarian {n} (native of Bulgaria)
|
:: Búlgari {m}, Búlgarar {m-p}
|
| Bulgarian {n} (language)
|
:: búlgarska, búlgverska {f}
|
| bulimia {n} (eating disorder)
|
:: lotugræðgi
|
| bulimia nervosa {n} (eating disorder) SEE: bulimia
|
::
|
| bull {n} (uncastrated adult male bovine)
|
:: naut {n}
|
| bullcrap {n} (bullshit) SEE: bullshit
|
::
|
| bulldozer {n} (tractor)
|
:: jarðýta
|
| bullet {n} (projectile)
|
:: byssukúla {f}, kúla {f}, skot {n}
|
| bullfinch {n} (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
|
:: dómpápi {m}
|
| bull market {n} (state of stock market)
|
:: birtingsmarkaður {m}, bjartsýnismarkaður {m}
|
| bullshit {n} (deceitful statements, etc)
|
:: kjaftæði {n}, bull {n}, þvættingur {m}
|
| bullshit {n} (card game)
|
:: lygari {m}
|
| bully {n} (pimp) SEE: pimp
|
::
|
| bully {n} (person who is cruel to others)
|
:: hrekkjusvín
|
| bullying {n} (persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant)
|
:: einelti {n}
|
| bulwark {n} (defensive wall or rampart)
|
:: bolvirki {n}, bolverk {n}
|
| bumblebee {n} (genus of bee)
|
:: hunangsfluga {f}
|
| bumfodder {n} (toilet paper) SEE: toilet paper
|
::
|
| bun {n} (A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced)
|
:: bolla {f}
|
| bundle {n}
|
:: búnt
|
| bundle branch block {n} (heart condition)
|
:: greinrof {n}
|
| bung {n} (bribe) SEE: bribe
|
::
|
| bungee jump {n} (instance of bungee jumping)
|
:: teygjustökk {n}
|
| bungee jumping {n} (jumping from a great height with a cord)
|
:: teygjustökk {n}
|
| bungling {n} (incompetence)
|
:: hálfkák {n}
|
| bunny hug {n} (hoodie) SEE: hoodie
|
::
|
| Bunsen burner {n} (small laboratory gas burner)
|
:: bunsenbrennari {m}
|
| bunting {n} (material from which flags are made)
|
:: flaggdúkur {m}
|
| bunting {n} (bird)
|
:: tittlingur {m}
|
| buoy {n} (moored float)
|
:: bauja {f}, dufl {n}
|
| buoyancy aid {n} (jacket)
|
:: flotbúnaður {m}
|
| burden {n} (heavy load)
|
:: byrði {f}, burður {m}
|
| burden {n} (responsibility, onus)
|
:: byrði {f}
|
| burden of proof {n} (duty of a party in a legal proceeding)
|
:: sönnunarbyrði {f}
|
| bureaucracy {n} (system of administration)
|
:: skrifræði, skrifstofuveldi
|
| bureaucracy {n} (excessive red tape)
|
:: skrifræði, skrifstofuveldi
|
| bureaucrat {n} (An official in a bureaucracy)
|
:: kerfiskarl {m}
|
| bureau de change {n} (a place where foreign currency can be exchanged)
|
:: gjaldeyrisviðskipti
|
| burette {n} (glass tube with fine gradations and a stopcock used for titration, etc.)
|
:: búretta {f}
|
| burglar {n}
|
:: innbrotsþjófur {m}
|
| burglary {n} (the crime of breaking into)
|
:: innbrot {n}
|
| burial {n} (interment)
|
:: greftrun {f}
|
| burka {n} (female garment that covers the whole body)
|
:: búrka {f}
|
| Burkina Faso {prop} (country)
|
:: Búrkína Fasó {n}
|
| burly {adj} (well-built)
|
:: þrekvaxinn
|
| Burma {prop} (Southeast Asian country (former name), see also: Myanmar)
|
:: Búrma {f}
|
| burn {v} (to cause to be consumed by fire)
|
:: brenna
|
| burn {v} (to be consumed by fire)
|
:: brenna
|
| burn {n} (vegetable disease) SEE: brand
|
::
|
| burning bush {n} (Euonymus in general) SEE: spindle
|
::
|
| burn one's bridges {v} (burn one's bridges)
|
:: [burn all bridges behind oneself] brenna allar brýr að baki sér, [break all bridges behind oneself] brjóta allar brýr að baki sér
|
| burqa {n} (burka) SEE: burka
|
::
|
| burqini {n} (head-to-toe swimsuit)
|
:: búrkíní {n}
|
| Burundi {prop} (a country in Eastern Africa)
|
:: Búrúndí
|
| Burundian {adj} (pertaining to Burundi)
|
:: búrúndískur
|
| bus {n} (medical slang: ambulance) SEE: ambulance
|
::
|
| bus {n} (vehicle)
|
:: strætisvagn {m} (city transport), strætó {m} [informal; city transport], langferðabíll {m} [long distance], rúta {f} [informal; long distance]
|
| bush {n} (category of woody plant)
|
:: runni {m}
|
| businessman {n} (a man in business, one who works at a commercial institution)
|
:: kaupsýslumaður {m}
|
| bus stop {n} (a stop for public transport buses)
|
:: stoppistöð {f}, strætóstoppistöð {f}
|
| bust {n} (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
|
:: brjóstmynd {f}
|
| busy {adj} (doing a great deal)
|
:: upptekinn
|
| but {conj} (rather)
|
:: heldur
|
| but {conj} (although)
|
:: en
|
| butane {n} (the organic compound)
|
:: bútan {n}
|
| butcher {n} (a person who prepares and sells meat)
|
:: slátrari {m}
|
| butchery {n} (abattoir) SEE: abattoir
|
::
|
| butt {n} (buttocks)
|
:: rass {m}, afturendi {m}
|
| butt {n} (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
|
:: stubbur {m}, sígarettustubbur {m}
|
| butt chin {n} (cleft chin) SEE: cleft chin
|
::
|
| butter {n} (soft foodstuff made from milk)
|
:: smjör {n}
|
| butter {v} (to spread butter on, see also: spread; butter)
|
:: smyrja
|
| buttercup {n} (flower of the genus Narcissus) SEE: daffodil
|
::
|
| buttercup {n} (herb of the genus Ranunculus)
|
:: sóley
|
| butterfly {n} (insect)
|
:: fiðrildi {n}
|
| butterfly {n} (swimming stroke) SEE: butterfly stroke
|
::
|
| butterfly stroke {n} (swimming stroke)
|
:: flugsund {n}
|
| butter knife {n} (dull-edged knife for spreading butter)
|
:: smjörhnífur {m}
|
| buttermilk {n} (traditional buttermilk)
|
:: áfir {f-p}
|
| butthole {n} (anus) SEE: anus
|
::
|
| butt-naked {adj} (naked) SEE: naked
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| buttock {n} (each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body)
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:: rasskinn {f}
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| button {n} (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
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:: tala {f}, hnappur {m}
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| button {n} (a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger)
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:: takki {n}, hnappur {m}
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| button {n} (in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected)
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:: valhnappur {m}, hnappur {m}, takki {m}
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| button {n} (a badge worn on clothes)
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:: barmmerki {n}
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| button {v} (to fasten with a button)
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:: hneppa
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| buttonhole {n} (hole for a button)
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:: hnappagat {n}
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| buttonhole {n} (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration)
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:: blóm í hnappagat {n}, blóm í barm {n}
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| buttonwood {n} (mangrove) SEE: mangrove
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| butyric {adj} (of or pertaining to butter)
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:: smjör-
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| butyric {adj} (of or derived from butyric acid)
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:: smjör-
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| buy {v} (to obtain something with money)
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:: kaupa
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| buyback {n} (repurchase of something previously sold)
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:: endurkaup {n-p}
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| buzz {n} (whisper) SEE: whisper
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| buzzard {n} (bird of the genus Buteo)
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:: músvákur {m}
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| buzzard {n} (scavenging bird) SEE: vulture
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| buzzword {n} (word drawn from or imitative of technical jargon)
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:: tískuorð {m}
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| by {prep} (near, or next to)
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:: við
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| by {prep} (not later than)
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:: fyrir
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| by {prep} (indicates creator of a work)
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:: eftir
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| by all means {prep} (emphatically yes, definitely)
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:: fyrir alla muni, endilega
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| by and by {adv} (soon) SEE: soon
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| by dint of {prep} (because of; by reason of) SEE: because of
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| bye {interj} (short for goodbye, see also: goodbye)
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:: bæ [colloquial]
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| by far {prep} (to a large extent)
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:: lang-, langsamlega
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| by foot {adv} (on foot) SEE: on foot
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| by heart {prep} (knowing completely)
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:: utanað, utanbókar
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| by no means {prep} (certainly not)
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:: alls ekki
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| by oneself {prep} (without help)
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:: sjálfur {m}
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| by oneself {prep} (without company)
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:: aleinn {m}, einn {m}
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| by oneself {prep}
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:: einn; aleinn; út af fyrir sig
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| byproduct {n} (secondary or additional product)
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:: aukaafurð {f}
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| by-product {n} (secondary product)
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:: aukaafurð {f}
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| byte {n} (8-bit unit)
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:: bæti {n}, [computer character] tölvustafur {m}
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| bytecode {n} (p-code)
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:: bætakóði {m}, bætakóti {m}
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| by the by {prep} (by the way) SEE: by the way
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| by the Grace of God {prep} (By divine right)
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:: af Guðs náð
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| by the time {prep} (when) SEE: when
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| by the way {prep} (incidentally)
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:: vel á minnst, meðal annarra orða [formal]
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| by turns {adv} (One after the other; successively; alternating)
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:: til skiptis
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| byword {n} (a proverb)
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:: málsháttur, máltæki
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| Byzantine Empire {prop} (Greek-speaking empire in the Eastern Mediterranean region)
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:: Býsansríkið {n}, Austrómverska keisaradæmið {n}, Miklagarðsríkið {n}
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| Byzantium {prop} (Byzantine Empire) SEE: Byzantine Empire
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