holdingselskap 100 hurtig of these complaints, jeg må ha et fast ~ I must have smtg. definite to build on holdingselskap holding company (mots, operating c.), holdning måten å stille seg på attitude; å opptre på conduct; innta en ~ overfor (til) adopt (take, take up) an attitude towards (to). I am unable to understand the position you now take up. They have abandoned the attitude they had maintained. Our attitude towards the Government; the Government’s attitude to the dispute. innta en avventende ~ take (adopt) a waiting (reserved) attitude; innta en fast ~ take a strong stand in the matter -sjløs wavering, vacillating Holland Holland hollandsk Dutch hollender Dutchman holme islet, holm homogen homogeneous -itet homogeneity honning honey -kake voks ~ honeycomb honnør honour; med full ~ with full honours; som en ~ for as a tribute to -sak a matter of honour honorjar fee; forfatters salgs ~ royalty -ere lønne pay, en veksel honour, meet. We trust you will honour (take up) the draft to the debit of our account hope ~ seg opp accumulate. Stocks are piling (heaping) up hopp jump, leap, lengde ~ long jump, høyde ~ high jump -hakke ski leap -konkurranse (-renn) ski-leaping competition hoppe jump, leap; det er like så godt å ~ i det som å krype i det in for a penny, in for a pound; ~ over (ikke ta med) skip horisont horizon -al horizontal -alsammenslutning horizontal combine hormon hormone -injeksjon h. injection horn horn(s); hjorteslekten antler(s); ha et ~ i siden til have a grudge (grievance) against; ta tyren ved ~ene take the bull by the horns; løpe ~ene av seg sow one’s wild oats, have one’s fling; trekke ~ene til seg draw in one’s horns hornfaktig horny, corneous -blende hornblende -gjel garfish -kveg horned cattle -lim glue hos han har fått post ~ he has obtained a post with B. & Co., ~ oss (i vårt land) with us; in this country; in Norway, kan fås ~ papir-handleren may be obtained at the stationer’s. Se andre verber hotell et ~ a hotel; bo på et ~ f.e. I am staying at the Grand; ta inn på et ~ put up at ...; drive ~ run a hotel -bevilling hotel licence -direktør hotel manager -eier hotel proprietor -næringen the hotel trade (industry) -plass h. accommodation -regning h. bill hovedlagentur head agency -aksel main shaft -aksjonær chief (principal) shareholder -anklage main charge -artikkel staple commodity; our leading article; the staple product of a country -avdeling head office -bane main (trunk) line -behandling fur. the hearing (trial). The trial opens tomorrow, beramme —en fix (appoint) a day for the hearing -beskjeftigelse main (chief) occupation -bestanddel main ingredient (component, constituent) -bok [general] ledger -bokholder chief accountant -bygning main building -dekk main deck -egenskap principal quality, leading feature -eksportartikkel staple export -fag main (principal) subject -faktor main factor -fell cardinal fault -formål main (chief) object -forskjell main difference -gate main street -grunn principal (main) reason -gruppe main group -hensikt main object -inngang main entrance -innhold substance, main purport. Give me briefly the substance of his speech -industri key industry -karakter average marks -kasserer head cashier -kilde main source -kjel main boiler -kvittering general receipt -kontor head office; for aksjeselskap ogs. registered office -kreditor principal creditor -kvarter headquarters -ledning vann, gass, kloakk main; kraft-fordeling feeder -mangel main defect -maskin main engine -masse, -mengde bulk -marked chief (principal) market -næring staple industry (trade) -oppgave main task -overskrift main heading -post i regnskap main item -næringsvei staple industry -postkontor Central Post Office; i London General Post Office (G.P.O.) -prinsipp fundamental principle; a cardinal principle, the keystone [of] -problem main problem -produkt staple product -punkt main (essential) point -regel principal rule -reparasjon thorough (general) repairs -register general index -regning general a/c -retning general direction (trend) -rolle principal (leading) part -saken the main point; i ~ in the main. I agree with you in the main -sakelig mainly, chiefly, principally -selskap parent company -sete bankens ~ the bank’s head offices; the head offices of the bank -spørsmål main question -stad capital, metropolis -styrke krigsv. main force; hans ~ his forte, his strong point -støtte main support -sum sum-total -tanke fundamental idea -trekk fundamental feature -tyngde (-masse) bulk -vei main road -vekt legge ~en på lay particular stress on -vitne principal witness -årsak main (primary) cause hov|en swollen; fig. arrogant; dt. cocky -ne v. ~ opp swell hovere ~ over triumph (exult, crow) over hovmester maitre d’hötel; privat butler hovmod arrogance; ~ står for fall pride will have its fall -ig arrogant, overbearing hud skin; av større korthåret dyr hide; teint complexion; forhudning sheathing; ~er og skinn hides and skins; rå —er raw (undressed) skins (hides) -farge teint complexion -sykdom skin disease hugge se hogge hukommelse memory; miste ~n lose one’s memory; sitere etter —n quote from memory hul hollow -e v. ~ ut hollow out -het tomhet hollowness, emptiness; falskhet falseness, sham -mål measure of capacity -rom cavity -slipe grind hollow; a hollow-ground razor hull hole; rive ~ i tear a hole in; slå ~ i make a hole in; stikke ~ på byllen prick the bubble; utfylle et ~ (fig.) fill up the gap; —et full of holes; et ~ i loven a gap (loophole) in the law -e|kort punch card hulter ~ til bulter higgledy-piggledy human humane -isere humanize -isme humanism -ist humanist -istisk humanistic -itet humanity -itær humanitarian humbug humbug -maker charlatan, quack humle plante hop, varen hops (fl.) hummer lobster -teine lobster pot humor humour; han har sans for ~ he has a sense of humour -1st humorist -istisk humorous humør mood, spirits; være i godt ~ be in good humour; in hjgh spirits; i dårlig ~ in bad humour, out of humour, in low spirits; være i ~ til be in the humour (mood) for (to do smtg.) når han er i det ~ when the humour takes him; det tar på —et it preys on one’s spirits; it is trying [to the temper] hund gå i —ene go to the dogs; man skal ikke skue —en på hårene appearances are deceptive hunde|avgift dog licence -kjeks mat dog biscuit(s) -oppdrett dog breeding -oppdretter dog breeder -skatt dog tax -spann dog team -utstilling dog show hundre a hundred; 126 = one hundred and twenty-six; £600 — six hundred pounds. In ninetynine cases out of a hundred. A few (several) hundred of them; om ~ år a hundred years hence -del the hundredth [part] -vis ~ av mennesker hundreds of people. Hundreds and hundreds of them, selle i ~ sell by the hundred -år century; —årsdagen for the hundredth anniversary of, the centenary of -årsfest centennial celebration; centenary celebrations -årsjubileum centenary hunger hunger -s|nød famine -streik hunger strike. The men have gone on h. s. hurtig om vekst rapid growth; i bevegelse fast, swift, rapid, f.e. a fast train; a swift (rapid) glance.