merskum 142 mindre merskum meerschaum meslinger [the] measles entall messe offisers ~ officers’ mess; vare ~ industries fair, f.e. the British Industries Fair; på —n at the fair -avdeling section of fair, fair section -besøkende visitors to the fair messing brass -beslag b. fittings -tråd b. wire mest det ~e [au] most of, the greater part of; for det ~e mostly, for the most part, mainly, i alminnelighet generally; ~ mulig as much (grad: as far) as possible; men aller ~ but most of all -begunstigelse f.e. most-favoured-nation treatment; —s\klausul the most-favoured-nation clause -elparten ~ av the greater (major) part of, the best part of, the bulk of mester master, baker — master baker; idrett champion; øvelse gjør ~ practice makes perfect; det skal jeg være ~ for I shall manage that; være ~ i be an adept at -lig masterly -skap championship -stykke, -verk masterpiece mestre v. master, manage meta a ~ [on] joint account metall metal, edle ~, lette —. lunge ~ fine, light, heavy metals -aktig metallic -holdig metalliferous -duk metallic (wire) cloth, -isk metallic -tråd wire, meget tynn filament -varer metalware, metal goods -verdi metal (intrinsic) value metallurg metallurgist -i metallurgy -isk metallurgical meteorolog meteorologist -i meteorology -isk meteorological meter metre, am. meter, fl. metres, meters -systemet the metric system -varer piece-goods -vis by the metre metningspunkt saturation point. The market has now reached saturation point metodje method; etter en ~ by a method -isk methodical; gå ~ til verks proceed methodically mettle satiate, kjem. saturate; et —et marked a saturated market -else saturation metyll methyl -sprit methylated spirit(s) middag tid noon, mål dinner -slservise dinner set mid|del s. 1 pengemidler (fl.) means, funds; et selskaps resources, capital; offentlige public funds. My means are greatly reduced. Kindly furnish him with any funds he may require, selskapet rår over rikelige midler the company commands ample resources; —ter til means for 2 hjelpemiddel, råd (se hjelpe-, rense-, virke- osv.) et ~ for (mot) a remedy for 3 forholdsregel means ofte entall; bruke slike —ler make use of (employ) such means. We do not care to make use of such means. Other means must be employed to fight this competition, alle de —ler som står til min rådighet every means in my power; et ~ til å a means of (-ing). Advertising is the surest means of increasing output. I have means of compelling him to pay. et verdifullt ~ til bekjempelse av a valuable agent in combating . . .; hensikten helliger ~let the end justifies the means; ikke som mål, men som ~ not as an end, but as a means to an end; ved kunstige —ler by artificial means 4 i en knipe expedient, device 5 kjem. agent middellalder the Middle Ages -aldersk medieval -aldrende of middle age, middle-aged -hastighet average speed M-havet the Mediterranean [Sea] -havsfart the M. trade -klassen the middle classes -mådig mediocre -mådighet mediocrity -pris average price -punkt centre, central point -skole omtr. middle school -stor middle-sized, of average size -størrelse average (medium, middling) size -tall average, mean -temperatur mean temperature -tid mean time -vei a middle course; den gylne ~ the happy (golden) mean middels en ~ kvalitet a medium (middling) quality, gjennomsnitts ~ average quality; over (under) ~ above (below) the average; god ~ good middling, fair average -god middling, of medium (middle, average) quality -høy of medium height -år average year; over (under) et ~ above (below) an average year midlertidig adj. temporary, adv. -arily, provisorisk provisional, interims ~ interim, f.e. an interim dividend; en — ordning a temporary arrangement; en ~ lov a provisional act; — arbeid temporary employment. These temporary import duties have now become permanent. The factory is closed temporarily midt i —en av måneden in the middle of the month; ~ foran right in front [of smtg.] ~ i in the middle (centre) of, tid in the middle of; fra ~ i mai, ogs. from mid-May; ~ i blant in the midst of; ~ i mellom midway (halfway) between; ~ oppe i in the very midst (thick) of. The country is in the throes of a great crisis. ~ på havet right out at sea, in mid-ocean, f.e. in mid-Atlantic; ~ på vinteren in the depth of winter, in midwinter; ~ under (fig.) in the midst of midte i vår ~ among us, in our midst midt|etter along (down) the middle of -parti central part -punkt centre, central point; ~ for the centre of; ~ for interesse, ogs. the focus-point of interest -skips midship, amidships -sommer midsummer; —dag Midsummer day, —kveld Midsummer eve -veis midway, halfway -vinters in midwinter, in the depth of winter mikrobe microbe, fl. -s mikro fon microphone -skop microscope -skopisk microscopic mikstur mixture mil mile = 1760 yards, antall ~ mileage; 50 ~ i timen 50 miles an hour mild mild, lemfeldig lenient, om straff lenient, light; i ~ grad in a mild form; han var med et —t uttrykk . . . (han var —est talt) he was ... to say the least of it (to put it mildly) mildhet mildness, overbærenhet lenience, leniency; vise ~ mot show leniency (be lenient) towards mild I ne lindre alleviate, mitigate; om straff mitigate, dempe tone down -vær mild weather mile I pel milestone, fig. milestone, landmark, an important stage (event); det betegner en — i landets historie it marks an important stage (it is an important event) in the history of the country -penger mileage -vid i ~ omkrets for miles [round] militarisere militarize -isme militarism -ist militarist militær adj. military, de —e the military -læge army surgeon -makt military power -nekter conscientious objector -tjeneste [national] military service militært adv. ~ sett in a military sense, militarily, f.e. the country is militarily weak miljø environment, surroundings, f.e. the home, social, and moral environment of different classes of people mille thousand; pro — per thousand millilard milliard, a thousand millions, am. billion -gram milligram [me] million million, f.e. six million pounds, millions of pounds, two millions and a half -beløp millions -brann fire involving the loss of millions [of pounds, etc.] -rulling million expenditure -tap a loss of millions of . . . -vis i — by the million; —er av millions of -ær millionaire milt anat. spleen, milt -brann anthrax mindre 1 mots, mer less; ~ mat less (a smaller quantity of) food; ikke ~ enn £5 not less than, så mye som no less than £5, no less a sum than, £5 and no less, minst, f.e. there must be not less than three directors; om tidsrom, f.e. a period of not less than one month; på — enn et år in less than a year; ikke desto — nevertheless, none the less; jeg har ikke råd til å kjøpe en hest, langt ~ en bil I cannot afford to buy a horse, far less (let alone, not to mention) a car; så meget ~ the less; så meget — som [all] the less so as; og ikke ~ viktig fordi and not the less important because; intet — enn et mirakel nothing short of a miracle 2 mots, flere fewer; ~ bestillinger fewer (a smaller number of) orders; ikke ~ enn (= hele) femti brev no fewer than (as many as) fifty letters