gripende 87 grunnleggende ■with, forstyrrende interfere with, ukallet interfere in, i ens relt\igheter~\ infringe one’s rights; ~ inn i hverandre interlock, falle over hverandre overlap; disse interesser ~~r sterkt inn i hverandre these interests are closely interlocked; — inn med hard hånd (~ kraftig inn overfor) take strong action (measures) against e) ~ med begge hender seize on, grasp eagerly f) — om seg spread, gain ground. The fire spread rapidly g) ~ over hverandre overlap h) ~ til en utvei resort to an expedient; det er noe en sist ~r til that is a last resort i) det er grepet ut av luften it is nothing but hot air; it is utterly unfounded gripende touching, moving, impressive grisk greedy, grasping; ~ etter greedy for -het greed gro v. grow, om sår heal; ~ fast strike root, become fixed -bunn jordbunn soil; en god ~ for favourable conditions for the growth of gros en ~, se en gros gross 12 dusin gross, et (ti) ~ one (ten) gross. This article is sold by the gross 2 hovedmassen av: det store ~ av the great mass of, the general body of -havari general average gross|erer merchant; ~ J. Bye (i brev) Mr. J. Bye, Merchant; han er ~ i he deals wholesale in -ist wholesaler; Norges Grossistforbund Federation of Norwegian Wholesalers and Importers grotesk grotesque grov 1 hard, ru coarse, rough; ikke fin coarse, stor large, f.e. rough paper, a rough towel, coarse sand; ~t skyts heavy guns 2 ikke detaljert rough; en ~ skisse a rough sketch; skissere i ~e trekk to rough in (out), sketch in broad outline, give a rough draft of. I shall rough out the idea. He stated his views in broad outline 3 graverende gross; en ~ fell a gross error; bommert blunder; ~t tyveri larceny; ~ uaktsomhet gross negligence 4 uforskammet rude, offensive; ~ mot rude to grov|arbeid unskilled labour, fig. spade-work -arbeider unskilled (general) labourer -bearbeide rough, f.e. rough a diamond, fig. rough out an idea -dimensjonert big, large-sized -fibret coarse--fibred -het coarseness, roughness; rudeness; grossness (se grov) -hogget rough-hewn -kornet coarse-grained, fig. crude, gross -male rough-grind -masket coarse (large)-meshed -sikte rough-sift -smed blacksmith -spunnet coarse-spun -t adv. coarsely, roughly, etc. gru horror -full horrible, dreadful, shocking gruble ~ over brood over grue ~ for dread; ~ for å dread to grums grounds, sediment -et full av grums thick, turbid, muddy grunne v. ~ over (på) ponder over grunder|e med grunnfarge ground -ing grounding grundig adj. thorough, adv. -ly; en ~ undersøkelse a thorough (close) examination. I have made a thorough (uttømmende exhaustive) inquiry into the matter, radikal radical, f.e. a radical change; ~ kjennskap til a thorough knowledge of. He has a thorough grasp of book-keeping -het thoroughness grunn adj. ikke dyp shallow, overfladisk shallow, superficial ’grunn s. I jordoverflate ground, tomt plot, site; på norsk ~ on Norwegian soil; få fast ~ under føttene set foot on dry land, fole seg sikker be on sure ground; vi rar ~en alene we have the field to ourselves 2 bunn: skipet rørte ~en the ship touched ground (bottom); skipet står på ~ is aground, has struck; stå høyt på ~ be high and dry; sette på ~ to ground, run asround; la ~ to ground, run aground, take ground; bringe (hjelpe, trekke) av —en get off, refloat; gå til ~e (fig.) go under, dt. go to the dogs 3 grunnlag, underlag: fra —en av from the bottom (foundations), fig. radically, thoroughly; brenne ned til —en be completely destroyed by fire, be reduced to ashes; legge til ~ base on, take for one’s basis, use as the point of departure; legge til ~ for make the basis of; ligge til >- for underlie, form the basis of. The principles which underlie our foreign policy. The motives underlying this proposal, i ~en fundamentally, når all kommer til alt after all, egentlig in reality. He is a good man at bottom ‘grunn 1 årsak reason, cause, f.e. the reasons (causes) of our failure 2 beveggrunn ground, motive, f.e. I see no ground (motive) for his action. There can be no reason for your resignation. Tell me your reasons for refusing, han ga som ~ he gave (stated) as his reason; —en var den at han hadde the reason was that he had 3 etter prep, a) av en eller annen ~ for some reason for other]; av den for that reason, on that account (score); av gode (visse) —er for good (certain) reasons; av hvilken ~ for what reason? av den enkle — at for the simple reason that; av praktiske —er on practical grounds b) med god ~ with good reason, very reasonably, . . . og med god ~ . . . and with good cause e) på ~ av on account of, owing to, because of, by reason of; på ~ av at owing to the fact that 4 med etterfølg. prep, a) få (ha) ~ til å klage have reason to complain, have cause (occasion, grounds) for complaint; gi ~ til give cause (occasion) for; jeg har all ~ til å være fornøyd I have every reason to be satisfied; jeg har god ~ til å tro at I have good reason to believe that. I have good reasons (grounds) for believing this story, det er ingen ~ til engstelse there is no cause (there are no grounds) for anxiety. I see no reason why we should be anxious, det er god (ingen) ~ til å tro at there is good (no) reason to believe that; det er ingen ~ til at det ikke skulle gjøres raske fremskritt there is no reason why rapid progress should not be made; jeg fant ~ til å mistenke ham I saw reason to suspect him b) —en til the reason (cause) for; —en til at jeg the reason why I . . . dette er —en til at jeg this is [the reason] why I; hva er —en til at han har, ogs. how comes it that he has; ~en til dette er å finne i the reason for this is to be found in grunn|aksje ordinary share -arbeid foundation, fig. groundwork -areal area -avgift ground-rent -begrep basic (fundamental) conception -bestanddel primary component -betingelse prime (essential) condition grunne s. i sjøen shoal, shallow grunne v. 1 overstryke ground, prime 2 grunnlegge found, establish, lay the foundation of 3 ~ på found (base, ground) on. He grounds his arguments on experience. ~ seg på rest on, be based (founded) on, skyldes is due to 4 grunnet berettiget well founded, f.e. a well-founded suspicion. The complaint appears well founded grunn legenskap essential (fundamental) quality el. property -eiendom landed property -eier ground landlord -falsk fundamentally (radically) wrong -farge primary colour, bunn ~ ground-colour, fremherskende predominating c. -fart ground speed -feil radical defect -feste consolidate, establish firmly. He has consolidated his position. He has established a reputation; he has an established reputation -flate superficial area -fond (-kapital) original (share) capital, capital stock -forskjell fundamental (basic) difference -forskjellig radically (essentially) different -kapital se -fond grunnllag fig. basis, foundation; disse rykter sakner ethvert ~ these rumours are entirely without foundation; there is no foundation (are no grounds) for them; they are completely devoid of founda*-tion; danne —et for form the basis (foundation) of; legge —et for lay the foundation of; på ~ av on the basis of; pa ~ av at on the ground that; som ~ for as the basis of -legge found, establish. The business was founded (established) in 1905 -leggende fundamental, basic; i de ~ år during