semslær 193 selte semslær chamois (shammy) leather semulegryn semolina sen 1 langsom slow; ~ utvikling tardy development; ~ med (i) sitt arbeid, f.e. he is slow at his work; he is a slow worker; he is slow in doing smtg.; ~ i oppfattelsen: til å oppfatte slow in the uptake; slow in grasping one’s meaning; ~ med betalingen, f.e. this customer is slow with his payment(s), slow in making payment, is a slow (dilatory) payer; is slow in meeting (paying) accounts. It takes this firm a long time to pay. ikke ~ til d, f.e. they were not slow to do so, they lost no time in doing so 2 om tid late, om nyttevekst backward, late; et —t svar a late reply; på grunn av den —e årstid on account of the lateness of the season; komme [/or] ~t be late, altfor ~ too late. He was late for breakfast. I was too late for (I missed) the train, være —t ate be late; bedre sent enn aldri better late than never; —t på året late in the year; så —t som i det 19. århundre as late as the 19th century, se sent adv. sende send, om varer, ogs. consign, dispatch; ekspedere forward, penger remit; i brev, ogs. hand. I have pleasure in handing you enclosed cheque. ~ bud etter send for; ~ i (med) posten send by post. We are sending this letter by air mail. Will you please mail full particulars. ~ inn send in; ~ gods med jernbane send (consign) goods by rail; ~ rundt pass round; ~ ut send out, om bok o. I. bring out (publish) a book; ~ tilbake return, send back; ~ videre send on, forward, om beskjed o. I. pass on. We have passed your order on to the factory sendejapparat transmitter -bud messenger -lag deputation -mann minister, ambassador ambassador sending consignment, med skip, ogs. shipment sendrektig slow, dilatory, tardy -het dilatoriness, tardiness senere 1 adj. later, etterfølgende subsequent, kommende future; et ~ tog a later train; i den ~ tid lately, recently, of late; i de — år in recent (in the last few) years, of late years; vi kan ikke levere før ~ we cannot deliver till a later date; ikke ~ enn, f.e. the goods must reach us not later than May 1st (by the 1st May at [the] latest 2 adv. siden later [on], etterpå afterwards; før eller ~ sooner or later; ~ på året later in the year; ~ hen later [on] senest 1 adj. de —e meldinger the latest reports 2 adv. ~ i slutten av mai not later than the end of May; jur. on or before the 31st day of May; ~ om tre uker in three weeks’ time at latest; ~ i morges only this morning; ~ på den 10. dag etter utstedelsen not later than ten days after (within 10 days after el. of) its issue seng bed, møbel bedstead, jern — iron bedstead; han må holde —en he must keep his (must stay in) bed -e|liggende ill in (confined to) bed. Heis laid up with a broken leg. He is down with influenza, han er blitt ~ he has had to take to his bed, om langt sykeleie he is bedridden -pute pillow -teppe bedspread, bed cover, coverlet, vattert quilt senhøstes adj. late autumn, adv. in late autumn senil senile -itet senility senior senior -sjef senior [principal] senk bore i ~ scuttle; renne i — : pdrenne run down senkfe om skip sink, fire ned lower; ~ flagget lower the flag, som hilsen dip the flag; ~ lønninger cut (lower, reduce) wages -ning av skip sinking, i terreng depression, i pris reduction, cut; av nivået lowering of the level sennep mustard -s|gass mustard gas sensasjon sensation; vekke ~ cause (create) a s. -ell sensational sensiblel sensitive; ~ for s. to -ilitet sensibility sen|sor for brev, film o. I. censor, skolev. examiner, examining commissioner -sur censoring, vesen censorship; skolev. marks adjudged, examination results -surere censor, skolev. mark scripts (examination papers), give marks sent adv. som ~ skal glemmes that will not soon be forgotten; så ~ som i går only (as recently as) yesterday; komme for ~ be late, til båteu^^iss the boat; om varer, f.e. we have missed this week’s boat, på grunn av plassmangel, f.e. the goods were shut out of this week’s steamer; til ~ på natten till far into the night; så ~ på året so late in the year sentral 1 adj. central; ha en ~ beliggenhet: ligge —t til be central, have a central position (situation, location), be centrally situated; det —e i the essential part of, the essential thing about, the central idea in 2 s. handelsv. central agency, salgs ~ distributive (selling) agency; telefon ~ telephone exchange, am. central sentraladministrasjon (-forvaltning) central government S-amerika Central America -bord switchboard -fyring c. heating; —s\anlegg c. heating plant -isere centralize -isering centralization -myndighet central authorities -punkt centre sentrum centre; et ~ for a centre of separ|at separate, adv. -ly; ~ sender vi prøver we are sending [you some] samples under separate cover (by sample post) -ator separator -ere separate -fred separate peace september September, se januar seremoni ceremony -mester master of ceremonies (M. C.) serie series, fl. series, serie ~ serial; en ~ av a series of, om obligasjoner issue -fabrikasjon serial manufacture (production) sertifikat certificate, skipsfører — master’s c., 7qøre~ driving licence serviett [table-]napkin servise service, middags — dinner set (service) servitutt easement, servitude sesjon session, sitting sesong season; den stille —en the dull (slack, dead) s.; den travle —en the busy (rush) s., se høy-. utenfor ~en in the off season; —en er snarl forbi the season will soon be over; we are now approaching the end of the s.; we are now at the end of the s.; det er allerede langt ute i —en the s. is already far advanced; så langt ute i —en so late in the s. -arbeid seasonal work -billett season ticket, am. commutation t. -ledighet seasonal unemployment -messig seasonal -vare seasonal article sete seat; ha — i styret have a seat on (be a member of) the Board; selskapets ~ the registered offices of the company; ~ for the seat of setning gram, sentence, sentens maxim, saying; om strøm drift sett s. 1 et — verktøy a set of tools 2 måte way, manner; på det —et in this (that) manner (way); på — og vis: på en el. annen måte in some way or other, somehow [or other], på noen mulig måte in any way. på en viss måte after a fashion, in a way, i grunnen in a sense. (Se måte) 3 plutselig: med ett — all of a sudden, suddenly 4 i ett kjør at a stretch sett v. (se se 4) ~ at suppose, supposing, f.e. suppose we give him another chance. Supposing he comes, what am I to say? xsette 1 set, put, på rette sted place; ~ poteter set potatoes; ~ et merke put a mark 2 typ. set [up], compose, ferdigsatt in type 2sette med prep. el. adv. (se for øvrig under vedk. s. el. adv.) 1 ~ av: passasjerer drop, set down; til et formål set apart for a purpose, til reserve allocate to Reserve; fra embete dismiss, remove from office 2 ~ fram: forslag put forward a proposal, krav make (put in, put forward) a claim 3 ~ igjennom put (carry) through, effect 4 — inn: i avisen f.e. put in (insert) an advertisement; put (insert) an a. in a newspaper; anbringe penger, f.e. invest capital in a business, put money into (deposit in) a bank; i embete put in (install) 13 — Guy: Norsk-Engelsk ordbok.