feil 54 fengsel gjøre (bega) en ~ make a mistake, make (commit) an error, make (commit) a blunder; en ~ fra min side a mistake on my part; begå en ~ ved ekspederingen make a mistake in forwarding; De har gjort en ~ ved å sende . . . you have made a mistake in sending ... 2 mangel, skavank, lyte fault, defect, fysisk, moralsk blemish, fabrikasjons ~ defect, flaw, fault. He has his faults. There is a defect in this mechanism (in his character); a flaw in this metal. The cloth must be free from faults (defects), ~en ved denne legeringen er at den er for sprø the fault of this alloy is that it is too brittle; det er en ~ ved denne legering at den er for sprø a defect of (in) this alloy is that it is too brittle; finne ~ ved (klage) find fault with; jeg /inner bare én ~ ved maskinen I can find only one fault in the machine. Se mandel 3 skyld, uriktig handling fault; det er Deres egen ~ it is your own fault; det er min ~ at it is my fault that; det var en ~ av ham å gjøre det it was wrong of him to do so; ved en ~ fra selskapets side through the fault of the company 4 forsømmelse omission feil adj. wrong, erroneous, uriktig, ogs. incorrect. The letter was sent to the wrong address, en ~ størrelse the wrong size; en ~ oppfatning an erroneous opinion feil adv. 1 wrongly, erroneously, uriktig incorrectly. Those quantities have been wrongly advised. datere ~ misdate; lese ~ misread; regne ~ misreckon, calculate wrongly; skrive ~ write wrongly, make a clerical error; telle ~ count wrongly, miscount; være ~ underrettet be wrongly informed, be misinformed; brevet har gått ~ the letter has miscarried (has gone astray); brevet var adressert ~ the letter was misdirected (wrongly addressed), it bore the wrong address 2 slå høsten har slått ~ the harvest is a failure; våre beregninger slo ~ we calculated wrongly, we made a miscalculation; planen slo ~ the plan failed (went wrong, miscarried) 3 la De tar ~ you are wrong (mistaken); De tar ~ når De tror at you are wrong (mistaken) in thinking that; hvis jeg ikke tar ~ if I am not (unless I am) mistaken; han tok ikke meget ~ he was not far wrong (not far out); ta ~ av et menneske (bedømme galt) misjudge (be mistaken in) a p.; ta ~ av veien mistake the road; hans hensikter var ikke til å ta ~ av there was no mistaking his intentions; ta ~ i noe be mistaken in smtg. feilIadressere misdirect, direct wrongly. The letter was erroneously mailed to another customer -aktig adj. wrong, erroneous, incorrect; et ~ inntrykk a false impression; en ~ oppfatning a misunderstanding, a misconception; framstille ~ misrepresent; oppfatte ~ misunderstand, take in a wrong sense -bar fallible -barhet fallibility -bedømmelse misjndg[e]ment, error of judgement -beregning miscalculation -datere misdate, put the wrong date on feile 1 begå feiltrinn err; å ~ er menneskelig to err is human 2 slå feil fail 3 mangle be wanting 4 være i veien med: hva ~r ham what is the matter with him; what ails him; what is wrong with him? feillekspedisjon wrong delivery, mis-delivery, a mistake in forwarding, an error in delivery -fri free from faults (defects), faultless, flawless, f.e. a flawless diamond; his work was flawless; apples free from blemish; i ~ stand in perfect condition -grep error, mistake, a wrong move, a slip, sterk. blunder -lesning misreading -levering misdelivery, error in delivery -regning miscalculation, wrong reckoning, ogs. error in judg[e]ment -skrivning skrivefeil clerical error, på skrivemaskin a typing (typographical) error -slagen unsuccessful; det ~ne sildefiske the failure of the herring fishery -slutning erroneous inference, fallacy -syn uriktig oppfatning misconception, mistaken opinion (view) -tagelse mistake: ved à overse oversight; ved en ~ by mistake, in (through) error. This order was sent to you in error. We have inadvertently sent you a cheque for only £20. det foreligger en ~ there is a mistake -telling miscount, error in counting -trekk wrong move -trinn false step, slip feire festligholde celebrate, høytideligholde solemnize, til minne om commemorate, hold a festival in commemoration of; helten ble ~t the hero was féted fektning trefning skirmish felg felloe, rim felle s. rotte ~ rat-trap, fig. trap, fallgruve pitfall; stille ~ for lay a trap for. You must not walk (fall) into the trap he has laid for you. lokke en i ~n lure one into a trap fellje v. 1 ~ tømmer fell (cut) timber; ~ en konkurrent to down a competitor; ~ fjær to moult; rein ~r sine horn reindeer shed their antlers; ~ tenner shed teeth; ~ tårer shed tears; ~ ned (ut): bunnfelle precipitate 2 ~ en dom over pass judg[e]ment on -ende beviser damning (condemnatory) proofs; ~ dom final judg[e]ment; avsi ~ dom pass final judg[e]ment felles om to el. flere joint, om mange el. alle common gjensidig mutual; en ~ erklæring a joint declaration; for ~ regning on joint account; vår ~ venn our common friend; dette er ~ for alle banker this is common to all banks; ha noe ~ med have smtg. jointly (in common) with; gjøre ~ sak med make common cause with, join interests (forces) with, act in concert with, unite in action with, take joint action with; i ~ interesse f.e. in our mutual interest; til ~ fordel to our mutual advantage, for alle to the common advantage; for det ~ beste for the benefit of all [parties].; ved ~ anstrengelse by mutual (united) effort felles I bakeri co-operative bakery -be-ipisinqssted communal feeding centre -betegnelse collective term -bo joint estate -eie joint ownership, ogs. community of goods, etc. -eiendom joint (common) property -eier joint owners -foretagende joint undertaking -havari general average -jord communal land -kjøp joint buying, innkjøpslag co-operative buying association -møte joint meeting -nevner common denominator -opptreden joint action -sikkerhet mutual security -skap et ~ a community; i ~ jointly; tegne firmaet i ~ sign the firm jointly; opptren ~ act in concert, take joint action. We can fix these prices in concert -undervisning co-education -utvalg joint [select] committee felt (en) field; dra i ~en take the field; dra til ~s mot take the field against felt (et) 1 egtl. område field, ground, areal area; fiske ~ fishing ground, kull ~ coalfield 2 fagområde field, department, se ogs. område, virkefelt. det er ikke mitt ~ that is not my department (not in my line); på alle ~er in every field; slå inn på et nytt ~ launch out into a new line (new lines); break new ground; spenne over et stort ~ cover (span, range over) a wide field 3 fys. magnetisk ~ magnetic field felllfot på ~ on a war footing -manøver field man[o]euvres -marsjall field-marshal -rop password, watchword -tog campaign -utstyr field equipment fem five -dobbelt det ~e five times the amount (quantity); øke til det ~e increase fivefold -doble quintuple -fold fivefold -hundreårsdagen ~ for the five-hundredth anniversary of, the quincentenary of -kant pentagon -kantet pentagonal femte fifth; hvert ~ år every five years, quin-quennial(ly) -del one fifth, a fifth [part] of that amount -kolonne fifth column; a fifth columnist -n fifteen -nde fifteenth femti fifty -ende fiftieth; -årene i ~ in the fifties femårsiperiode a five-year period -plan a five-year plan fenge catch fire, ignite -ende en ~ tale an inflammatory speech -stoff inflammable matter fenglsel prison; sitte i ~ be in prison; dømme til ~ sentence to imprisonment; bot eller ~ fine or