rom 185 rute spiller ingen ~ money no object; spille en underordnet ~ play second fiddle, play a subordinate part; spille en ynkelig — cut a very poor (pitiful) figure; han har utspilt sin ~ he is played out rom 1 s. plass room; strekning, areal, rommet mellom to punkter space; laste — hold; avdelt ~ compartment ; et ~ a room; enkelt (dobbelt) ~ a single (double) room; tid og ~ time and space; oppta for mye ~ take up too much room (space); få ~ til noe find room for; det gir ikke ~ for tvil it leaves no room for doubt 2 adj. i ~ sjø in open sea -besparinjj saving (economy) of space; -innhold cubic content[s], capacity -mål measure of capacity roman novel -forfatter novelist -litteratur fiction romme v. ha plass for hold, take; inneholde contain, fig. contain, convey rommelig spacious, roomy, bekvem commodious, særl. om rominnhold capacious; om tid ample; en ~ samvittighet an elastic conscience; ~e synsmåter liberal views rop ~ om hjelp call (cry) for help -e v. ~ på call a p.; ~ på: kreve call for, sterk, clamour for ror rudder, rati helm, wheel; komme til —et (fig.) come into power; sitte til (fig.) be at the helm; stå til ~s be at the helm -ledning steering gear -mann helmsman; the man at the wheel (helm) -skade damage to rudder ros praise, bifall commendation; ~ og ris praise and blame; fortjene ~ for deserve praise for. He deserves every praise (commendation) for his great work, it is worthy of great praise, det er (det tjener) til hans ~ it-is [greatly] (it redounds) to his credit ros|a —farget [pale] pink, rose-coloured -e s. rose; ingen ~ uten torner no rose without a thorn; en —enrød fremtid rosy prospects; se alt i —enrødt look at things through rose-coloured spectacles ros|e v. praise, commend. He was commended for his good work. ~ i høye toner be loud in praise of, speak in high terms of, sterk, praise (laud) to the skies; ~ seg av pride oneself on, sterk. boast of; ~ seg av d være pride (plume) oneself on being; claim to be; ~ seg av at pride oneself that, boast that -ende commendatory, laudatory; tale ~ om speak highly (in high terms) of. They are loud in praise of this car. I cannot speak too highly of the services he has rendered us rosin raisin rosverdig praiseworthy, laudable -het praiseworthiness rot, rotter root(s); slå ~ strike root; ha sin ~ i be rooted in, ogs. fig. have (take) its origin in, originate from; gripe ondet i —en strike at the root of the evil; rykke opp med ~ tear up by the roots, fig. root out, abolish [root and branch]; avling på ~ a standing crop; ~en til alt ondt the root of all evil rot ugreie muddle, mess, confusion -et confused, muddled, in a mess (muddle) rot|asjon rotation; —sypresse rotary press -ere rotate, revolve -erende rotary, revolving rote v. ~ opp i en sak rake up a matter rot|feste ~ seg take root, fig. become firmly established -festet om vaner o. I. rooted, deep--rooted, engrained; en ~ fordom an engrained (a deep-rooted) prejudice -frukter roots -fylle stop, fill -løs rootless rotte rat; —ne forlater det synkende, skip the rats are deserting the sinking ship -gift ratsbane, rat poison -plage rat nuisance rov et ~ for the prey of, a prey to -drift tekn. reckless exploitation, overworking. This whaling ground is being overworked -fiske excessive fishing, ulovlig pirate fishing ru rough -håret wire-haired rubb ~ og stubb lock, stock and barrel; selge ~ og stubb clear out the entire stock; ta bort ~ og stubb make a clean sweep of [it] rubin ruby rub|rikk kolonne column, overskrift heading, title, under —en under the head[ing] of -system columnar (tabular) book-keeping method (system) -risere sette rubrikk over give a heading to, innordne under rubrikker distribute (arrange) in columns ruff sjov, forecastle, crew’s quarters rug rye -brød rye-bread, brown bread rugde woodcock ruge v. ligge på egg brood; ~ over brood over; ~ ut hatch -maskin incubator ruin ruin, økonomisk ~ financial ruin (disaster); dette blir min — this will be my ruin; legge (ligge) i —er lay (lie) in ruins -ere ruin; bring to ruin, fallit bankruptcy; cause the financial failure of; ~ seg ruin oneself; ~ seg på spekulasjon, f.e. speculation has been his ruin -erende ruinous f.e. ruinous competition, cut-throat prices; ~ for ruinous to; virke ~ på have a ruinous (disastrous) effect (influence) on -haug heap of ruins rujern pig-iron ruli valse roller, papir — roll of paper, viklet omkring noe reel f.e. a reel of newsprint rulle rullestokk roller, kies ~ mangle, mil. roll, list rulle v. roll. The ship rolled badly, la pengene ~ squander money; ~ ned draw down, lower; ~ opp unroll, unfold, gardinet draw up the blind; fig. unfold, display -bane runway -blad record; ha rent — have a clean record (sheet) -gardin [roller] blind; —stoff(er) window holland(s) -nde ~ materiell rolling-stock -skøyte roller-skate -stol Bath chair -trapp escalator rum se rom rund 1 adj. round; en ~ sum a round sum; med et —t tall in round figures; med ~ hånd liberally, generously -aktig roundish -blikk panorama 2 -t adv. round; — regnet in round figures; snakke en — talk one round (over); ~ omkring [all] around runde 1 s. round; den daglige — the daily round; første — the first round 2 v. round; ~ av round off rundelig rikelig liberal, ample; — plass plenty of room; en ~ mil a full mile; godt og vel fully, well over, f.e. a good ten miles rundlhåndet generous, liberal -kjøring a roundabout -last round timber -reise (-tur) round (circular) tour, sjøv. round trip; ~ akkreditiv circular letter of credit; —billett circular tour ticket -skriv circular -skue panorama -tømmer round (undressed) timber rus intoxication -drikk an intoxicant, alcoholic drinks (beverages); —s\forbud [total] prohibition -gift narcotic drug rusk — og rask rubbish ruske ~ opp i shake up, rouse; ~ opp i gammel slendrian do away with (remove) long-standing abuses russier Russian -isk Russian; —fiendtlig anti--Russian; —vennlig pro-Russian -lær Russian leather Russland Russia rust rust, fortæring ved ~ corrosion -beskyttende et — middel a rust-preventing (anti-corrosive) composition -brun rusty brown -e v. rust, bli fortæret av rust corrode -en rusty -farget rust--coloured, ferruginous -fast rust-proof -fri rustless f.e. the non-rusting qualities of this steel, ogs. stainless steel ruste utstyre fit out, equip; til krig arm, prepare for war; — opp rearm; ~ seg til prepare (get ready) for; ~ seg til å prepare to; — ut fit out, equip rustning (jfr. ruste) equipment; armament[s], hist. armour, abstr. preparations for war -s|kappløp armaments race -s|industri armaments industry ’rute firkant square, om mønster check, glass— pane of glass -t om mønster check f.e. a check design, a checked (chequered, am. checkered) material; om papir squared paper -monster check 2rute vei route, befordringstjeneste service; en ukentlig ~ a weekly service; opprettholde fast — maintain (run) a regular service; etter (ifølge) —n according