lukrativ 133 lysne lukrativ lucrative, profitable luksuriøs luxurious, adv. -ly luksus luxury; det er ~ it is a luxury -artikler luxuries, articles of luxury, fancy articles -hotel hotel de luxe -skatt luxury tax -varer luxury goods, articles de luxe, ogs. non-utility, f.e. non--utility furniture -utgave édition de luxe lukt duft smell, odour -fri inodorous, free from smell; gjøre ~ deodorize -løs odourless -sans sense of smell lukte smell; ~ lunten smell a rat lummer close, sultry -het sultriness lumpen en ~ handling a mean (scurvy) act; en ~ sum a paltry sum -het meanness; paltriness lumsk treacherous, deceitful; ~ konkurranse competition of an insidious kind; om sykdom insidious -het treachery, deceit; insidiousness lune humør humour, sinnsstemning mood, innfall whim; motens ~r the vagaries of fashion -full whimsical, capricious lunge lung -betennelse pneumonia lunken ogs. fig. lukewarm, tepid, fig. half-hearted. He was given only lukewarm (half-hearted) support -het tepidness, half-heartedness lunne tømmer ~ pile (stack) of timber Junsj lunch, formelt luncheon. Will you lunch with me? lunte s. fuse; lukte —n smell a rat lur adj. sly, wiiy, cunning, f.e. a sly dog, a wily old fox lure bedra fool, dupe; ligge og ~ lurk; ~ på noe (for å bedra) f.e. he is up to some trick (dodge); he is scheming smtg.; ~ seg fra evade, dodge; la seg ~ allow oneself to be taken in -ri trickery luthersk Lutheran lurvet i klærne, ogs. fig. shabby -het shabbiness luske ~ seg fra sneak away from, evade; ~ unna ansvar shirk responsibility lut lye -e legge i hit soak in lye ly shelter; i ~ av under shelter of lyd sound; slå til ~ for make an appeal for; put in a plea for, urge the necessity of; pipen fikk en annen ~ f.e. he changed his tune -bølge sound-wave -bøye f.e. bell-buoy -bånd oppta på ~ record -dempende sound-deadening -demper silencer, muffler -film sound film -forsterker amplifier -hastighet velocity of sound lydhør være ~ overfor krav be sympathetic to demands lyd|isolasjon sound insulation -kasse sound-box -løs soundless, om maskin noiseless, silent -løshet silence -tett sound-proof lyde 1 sound, ha ordlyd read, run; brevet ~r son følger the letter reads (runs) as follow’s; vekselen ~r på £10 the bill is [made payable] for £10; det ~r på hans navn it is made out in his name; dommen lød på the sentence was 2 adlyde obey, ikke ~ disobey lydende ~ på made payable, person to a person, beløp for a sum, valuta in a currency; aksjer ~ på navn registered shares, koll. stock; obligasjoner utstedt på ihendehaver eller ~ på navn debentures made payable to bearer or to registered holder lydig obedient; ~ mot o. to -het obedience; streng ~ strict o.; ~ mot o. to lykke hell luck, good fortune; skjebne chance, fortune; lykkefølelse happiness; det å gjøre ~ success; gjøre [sin] ~ (person) be successful, achieve success; ting be a success, be successful; prøve ~n try one’s luck (fortune); ha ~n med seg be fortunate (successful), mots, be unfortunate (unsuccessful); jeg ønsker Dem til ~ med utfallet I congratulate you on the result, se lykkønske, -jeger fortune-hunter -ridder adventurer -treff stroke of luck, lucky hit lykkelig happy; ~ over å happy to -vis happily, luckily, fortunately lyk kes succeed, om plan o. I., ogs. prove a success; det ~tes ham d selge he succeeded in selling. We were successful in securing the order; we managed to get the order, det ^tes ham ikke å selge he did not succeed in selling; he failed to sell; forsøket ~tes (ikke) for ham he succeeded (he failed) in the attempt; alt ~ for ham everything prospers with him; angrepet —Les the attack succeeded; forsøket har all utsikt til d ~ the attempt has every prospect of success lykklønske ~ med congratulate on -ønsking(er) congratulation(s); framføre sine ~ tender one’s c. ~s\brev letter of c. ~s\hilsen message of c. lyn lightning. The mill was struck by lightning. med ~ets fart, f.e. the position has changed with lightning rapidity (speed); slå en som et ~ flash upon one; som et ~ fra klar himmel like a bolt from the blue. It came upon us like a thunderbolt -avleder lightning conductor -fart med ~ with lightning speed, like lightning -glimt flash of 1. -nedslag et ~ a stroke of lightning; ~ i et hus. f.e. the house was struck by 1. -snar swift as 1., with 1. speed lyng røsslyng heather lynne character, temperament; sinnelag disposition, gemytt temper lyr fisk lythe lys s. light, ~ og skygge light and shade; bluss flare, talg ~ candle. Prov. Hide one’s light under a bushel, føre bak ~et hoodwink. He is trying to hoodwink the public. We were taken in. se i et annet ~ see in a different light, see differently, take a different view of; stille tingen i et nytt ~ throw fresh (a new) light on (upon), present a new view of the matter (affair); stille saken i et helt annet ~ put quite a new face (put a very different complexion) on the matter; throw an entirely new light on the affair. This gives a very different complexion to the dispute. stille saken i det retie lys place the matter in its true (proper) light; bringe for dagens ~ bring into the light of day, avsløre expose; i ~ av in the light of; bringe ~ i clear up, throw light on; det gikk et ~ opp for meg I began to see» daylight; light dawned upon me; kaste ~ over throw (shed) light on lys adj. ikke mørk light, klar (ikke matt) bright fig. bright, f.e. bright hopes; det ~e eller det mørke tøy the light shade or the dark one; en ~ idé a bright idea; ~ere forhold brighter conditions; et ~t øyeblikk a lucid interval; se ~t på, f.e. look on the bright side of things, take a cheerful view of things; se ~ere på fremtiden (situasjonen) take a more hopeful view of the future (the situation); det ser ^ere ut things are looking brighter; det ser ikke ~t ut, f.e. things are none too bright; the future does not seem very hopeful Iys|anleqg lighting plant -avgift electric-light rate, charge for electric light -ekte sun-resisting -evne illuminating power -flom flood of light -glimt gleam of light -innlegg lighting installation -kaster search-light, prosjektør projector -ledning electric wire(s), koll. wiring, til bordlampe o. I. flex -punkt fig. bright spot. There are one or two bright spots on the financial horizon. The one bright star in our otherwise dark sky of trade depression -pære [electric-light] bulb -reklame electric-sign advertising, en ~ (konk.) an electric advertising sign -side fig. bright side -styrke luminosity, illuminating power -stråle ray of light -verk kraft ~ electric-power works, gass ~ gas-works; Oslo Lysverker Oslo Gas & Electricity Supply -virkning light effect -år light--year lyse 1 skinne shine; ~ opp i lighten, light up 2 jur. kunngjøre announce, give notice of, se ting-. ~ til ekteskap publish the banns of marriage lyselblå light (pale) blue -rød pink, light red lysende et ~ eksempel a shining example lysing kunngjøring announcement, notice, proclamation; Norsk Lysingsblad, Eng. the London Gazette; til ekteskap the banns; begjære ~ give notice of the banns lysing fisk hake Iys|ne fig. brighten -ning fig. brightening [up],