førnevnt 79 gang førnevnt adj. aforesaid, referred to (mentioned) above (earlier) først adj. s., f.e. a first (initial) order, a first (initial) payment of 10s., the opening sentences; den ~e den beste (person) the first comer, ting the first that offers; de to ~e the first two; en av de ~e dager in a day or two, at an early date; i de ~e dager av mai early in May; i løpet av de ~e fjorten dager within (in the course of) a fortnight; i den ~e lid in the initial (early) period; ikke på de ~e fjorten dager not for another fortnight; det ~e han må gjøre the first thing he must do; allerede fra ~ av from the very first (very beginning), from the outset (start); for det ~e . . . for det annet in the first place..., and secondly; med det [aZZer] ~e at an early date, very shortly; ikke med det ~e not just yet, not for some time først adv. 1 first, til å begynne med at first; stå ~ på listen head the list; ~ i liken early in the week; like så godt ~ som sist, f.e. you may just as well do it now; ~ og fremst first and foremost, primarily 2 ikke før not till, særl. om tidsrom only, f.e. the goods did not arrive till (until) Friday; they arrived only three days ago; det var ~ i april at. . . it was not until April that. . .; ~ nylig only recently; — da fikk vi høre at. . . not till then did we hear that. . . we did not hear till then that. . .; da han ~ var begynt when once he had begun; han kommer tilbake ~ om en måned he will not be back for another month [yet]; ~ (så sent som) i fjor as recently as last year. Se før prep. 2 første hjelp first aid -hånds- first-hand. He has a first-hand knowledge of local conditions -klasses first-class, first-rate -maskinist chief engineer -minister prime minister, premier -prioritet first mortgage -styrmann chief officer (mate) førstlkommende den 3. mai ~ on the 3rd May next; i mai ~ in May next -nevnt av to the former, mots, latter, av flere the first (first-named, first-mentioned). We are forwarding you today 2 doz. of No. 6 and 3 doz. of No. 9, the former in cardboard boxes and the latter in leather cases førti forty -ende fortieth -fem fortyfive føye 1 ~ sammen join, unite; ~ til add, f.e. there is little to be added (se tilføye) 2 vi må ~ ham we must humour him; ~ seg etter hans ønsker conform to (comply with) his wishes få (færre, færrest) few (-er, -est); bare ~ few, only a few; svært ~ very few. Orders are few and far between, noen ~ a few. Only a handful of people came to the meeting, ikke |sd] ~ not a few, a fair number, a good many; ~ eller ingen few or none, few if any, few or no f.e. orders; med ~ ord in a few words, briefly; om ~ dager in a few days; de færreste er i stand til del few are capable of doing so få v. 1 motta receive, get; kjøpe buy, get; skaffe, oppnå obtain, sikre seg secure; jeg har ~tt Deres brev I have received (I have) your letter; vi fikk el telegram fra ham we had (we received) a telegram; De skal ~ Deres penger you shall have your money; la meg få let me have; er å ~ is to be had, is obtainable; denne artikkel —es hos this article can be had (obtained) from. These pills are sold by’ all chemists. All necessary information may be obtained of the Secretary, den beste som er å ~ the best procurable; vi ~r se we shall see; ~r jeg lov å may I? jeg fikk vite I got to know, I heard, I was informed; det '—r være som det vil be that as it may 2 med adv. el. prep, a) ~ varene av sled get the goods away (off), have them sent (shipped) b) vi må ~ ham fra det we must get him to give it up, persuade him not to do smtg., dissuade him from doing e) ~ igjen get back, gjenvinne recover, regain; unngjelde suffer for it, pay dearly for; ~ noe igjen for bryet have smtg. to show for one’s trouble d) ~ mange imot seg make many enemies e) ~ inn penger get money in f) ~ ham med (deltagelse) secure his services (participation) g) ~ det på ham prove it against him, bring it home to him h) ~ til (greie) manage, succeed in doing; ~ (overtale) en til å get (induce, persuade) one to. I have persuaded him into believing that ... I wish I could bring you to see my point; ~ en til å tro lead one to believe. It makes me think that you are right, han forsøkte å ~ det til at he tried to make out that i) ~ ut av ham get out of him, lokke wheedle out of him fåfengt futile, vain, ineffectual. These efforts have proved futile, det er ~ å it is idle to. It is useless for us to point out that . . . fårekjøtt mutton -stek roast mutton -skinn sheepskin fåtall a small number of, a minority of -ig few in numbers gabardin gaberdine gaffel ogs. på sykkel fork -dannet forked, furcated gagn gjøre ~ do good; gjøre mer skade enn ~ do more harm than good; til ~ for for the good (benefit) of; være til ~ for to benefit, be of advantage (benefit) to; til ~s effectually’, to good purpose, grundig thoroughly’ -e v. benefit, profit -lig beneficial gal(t) 1 adj. fell wrong 2 adv. wrong, f.e. to answer wrong, foran fortidspari, wrongly, f.e. I was wrongly informed; ikke så ~t not so bad; aldri så at det ikke er godt for noe it is an ill wind that blows nobody good; gjøre ~t verre f.e. you are only making matters worse; gå ~t f.e. I fear things are going wrong. Matters are taking a bad turn, komme ~t av sled be unfortunate, come to grief; bære seg ~t at med noe set about a thing in the wrong way; det er ikke noe i å gjøre det there is no harm in doing it ( . . . i at han gjør dette in his doing so); det er noe ~t fait med there is something wrong with; det ~e ved det er at the worst of it is that 3 sinnssyk mad galanterivarer fancy articles galgenfrist a short respite galla|antrekk full dress -middag gala banquet gallionsfigur figurehead gallupundersøkelse Gallup poll galskap madness. This is sheer madness, det er metode i ^en there is method in madness galvanisere galvanize -isk galvanic gam|mel old, oldtids ~ ancient; et ~t firma an old--established firm, a firm of old standing; av — dato of old standing; ved det ~Ze as usual. We will leave things as they were -dags old-fashioned, antiquated. These methods are out of date; out-of-date methods ’gang 1 virksomhet, forløp progress, course; bevegelse, drift working, running; rolig ~ (mask.) smooth running; la det gå sin ~ let things take their [own] course; gå sin vante ~ run in the old groove; slik er verdens ~ such is the way of the world 2 i gang, f.e. the mill is working (is in operation); the work is in progress; discussions are proceeding; i full ~ in full swing (activity), godi i ~ fairly (well) under way; the work is well in hand; ha arbeid i ~ have work in hand; holde i ~ keep