lisensavgift 131 lokkelse ~ issue a 1.; —en utløper den 31. the 1. expires on the 31st; ~en gjelder fil the 1. is valid till (up to) May 31st -avgift til oppfinner osv. royalty lisse lace; a pair of laces list kant: smal tre ~ heading, golv — skirting [board]; ramme ~, tak ~ moulding -verk moulding(s) list lurhet cunning, stratagem, a ruse; ved makt eller ved ~ by force or stratagem liste s, list, fri ~ free list; stå på —n be on the list; stå først på —n head (stand first on) the list, be at the top (head) of the list; ~ over list of -pris list[ed] price lit tillit confidence, trust; feste ~ til place confidence (reliance) in, place (put) reliance on, om rykte give credence to a rumour; sette sin ~ til pin one’s faith to -e v. ~ på trust, reiy on lit i siste ~en at the eleventh hour, none too soon, at the last possible moment, f.e. an eleventh-hour change lite(n) 1 liten a) av ringe antall, mengde, størrelse, utstrekning small mots, large, f.e. a small number a small amount, a small business, town, etc. b) little mots, big, f.e. a little piece, a little thing e) little mots, great; ha ~ verdi be of little value; vise ~ interesse show little interest d) ubetydelig: en ~ forskjell a slight difference; en ~ inntekt a slender income; ytterst ~ tiny, minute, diminutive 2 a) lite de har ~ kapital they have little capital; jeg har £5 for ~ I am £5 short; det er ~ kjent it is little (not very well) known; det er ~ tilfredsstillende it is not very satisfactory; det blir ~ nok it will be none too much; det er ikke noe ~ beløp the amount is by no means small; det skal ~ til for å it would take very little to b) ikke så jeg ble ikke så ~ overrasket I was not a little surprised. It is with no little surprise that we learn . . .; ikke så ~ bry no little (a great deal of) trouble; ikke så ~ penger, ogs. a fair amount of e) ~ eller ikke noe (adj.) f.e. little or no work; little, if any, work; hardly any work. It is of little or no value. Little, if any, of the capital remains, substantivisk little or nothing, hardly anything; little, if anything. Little, if anything, has been done liter litre, fl. litres, ogs. liter(s) litograf lithographer -ere lithograph -i lithography -isk lithographic litra (fork. Itr/): veksel Itr/Sam Smith bill drawn by Sam Smith on Brown & Co. litt 1 adj., s. a little 2 adv. ~ bedre slightly better. This quality is a shade better. ~ billigere slightly (a trifle) cheaper. The goods are slightly damaged. ~ for kort rather (a little too) short; ~ lite rather little; ~ etter ~ little by little, gradually, by degrees litteratur literature -anmelder literary reviewer -kritiker literary critic litterær literary liv 1 livet life, virksomhet activity; det industrielle ~ industrial life; det praktiske ~ practical life; bringe ~ i put (infuse) life into, give life to; en kamp på ~ og død a life-and-death struggle a matter of life and death; få nytt ~ to revive, be infused with new life, take new life; med ~ og sjel with heart and soul; sette ut i —et put into practice, give effect to, put into effect; f.e. launch a programme; initiate an economic plan; bring a scheme into operation 2 et ~ a life, fl. lives; hele sitt ~ all his life, all their lives; miste —et lose one’s life; begynne et nytt ~ make a new (fresh) start, et bedre ~ turn over a new leaf; holde ham tre skritt fra —et keep him at arm’s length, keep him in his place; det gjelder —et it is a matter of life and death 3 i live: være i ~ be alive; holde i ~ keep alive 4 komme til livs (få bukt med) uproot, strike at the root of, get the better of liv|aktig lifelike -belte sjøv. life-belt -berge support; ~ seg subsist, maintain life, keep body and soul together -båt life-boat -givende life-giving, invigorating livllig lively; en ~ samtale an animated conversation; ~ etterspørsel etter a brisk (active) demand for. Business is very brisk. Trade is brisking up -løs lifeless -løshet lifelessness -redning life--saving; —s\selskap (i Eng.) the Royal National Lifeboat Institution liv|rem vi må spenne —en inn we must pull in (tighten) our belts -rente annuity; —forsikring annuity assurance (insurance) livs!aften the autumn of one’s life -anskuelse outlook on life, attitude to life -bane career -betingelse vital (essential) condition; det er en ~ for it is vital to, is of vital importance to -fare sveve i — be in imminent danger of losing one’s life, be in mortal danger (peril) -farlig perilous, hazardous, farlig dangerous -fornødenhet necessary of life, necessity -forsikre insure one’s life, take out a life insurance -forsikring life insurance -førsel f.e. the democratic way of life -glede joy of (zest in) life -kraft vitality -kraftig vital, vigorous -lop career -mening purpose of life -nødvendighet vital necessity -oppgave hans ~ the aim (task) of his life, his one aim in life -opphold livelihood. He earns his livelihood by teaching -polise life policy -sak en ~ for a matter of vital importance to -syn outlook on life -tegn sign of life -tid lifetime; vare —en last a (one’s) lifetime; for ~ for life; fengsel på — imprisonment for life -trett tired (weary) of life -varig ~ fengsel imprisonment for life; han fikk ~ fengsel he was sentenced to (the sentence of the court was) imprisonment for life -viktig c vital; ~ for vital to, of vital importance to; —e forsyninger essential (vital) supplies, f.e. vital war-material; ikke —e varer non-essential goods; en ~ sak, f.e. a matter of vital concern to us all -vilkår conditions of life lo på tøy nap, grov shag, på golvteppe o. 1. pile -slitt threadbare lockout lockout; bli —et be locked out -varsel lockout notice loco — levering spot („loco”) delivery, delivery ex warehouse -varer spot goods, spots lodd del share, portion, i lotteri lot, vekt ~ weight, sjøv. lead, skjebne lot; —et er kastet the die is cast; trekke — om draw lots for; det er falt i min — å it has fallen to my lot to -kast a heave (cast) of the lead -line leadline, plumb-line, (fiske) search-wire -rett plumb, vertical, fig. downright, f.e. a downright lie -seddel lottery ticket -skudd ta — take soundings -trekning drawing of lots; obligasjonene innløses etter —, f.e. the bonds will be redeemed by annual drawings; the first drawing will take place on the 31st May; avgjøre ved ~ determine by lot lodde fisk capelin -fiske cod-fishing lodde måle sound, take soundings, fig. plumb, fathom, ~ metall solder -apparat sounder -bolt soldering iron -lampe soldering lamp -metall solder lodding peiling sounding, av metall soldering Lofotten the Lofoten Islands (Isles), the Lofotens -fiske the Lofoten fisheries logg sjøv. log -bok the log[-book]; utdrag av —en an extract from the log loglikk logic -isk logical, adv. -ly lojal loyal; ~ mot 1. to. We should stand by our friends -itet loyalty lokal local; de —e forhold local conditions; de —e myndigheter the 1. authorities -kunnskap local knowledge, knowledge of local conditions lokale(r) premises alltid il., forretnings — business (office, shop) premises; forsamlings — assembly rooms (hall); et — a shop, an office, offices; a hall, etc. lokali Isere localize -tet locality lokkle trekke til seg attract, søke å forlede entice, allure; ~ i en felle lure into a trap; ~ ham til å gjøre (overtale) coax him into doing; ~ ut av ham worm (wheedle) out of him -else allurement; det å overtale oppmuntre inducement, incentive;