predt 215 stamme forces; the diffusion of light (learning); the spread of disease; the dissemination of propaganda predt adj. en ~ befolkning a scattered (fåtallig sparse) population; the country is sparsely populated; ~e tilfelle av isolated (sporadic) cases of; noen få ~e bondegårder a few scattered farms prek han er ~ for sin alder he is vigorous (lusty, a hearty old man) considering his years prekk i glass o. I. crack, brist flaw -e v. crack, springe burst, revne split preng s. arbeide på ~ work at high pressure, work with all one’s might f.e. we are working against time to finish these orders -bar explosive preng |e v. 1 bryte opp, briste burst, f.e. burst open a door; minere blast; ~ i luften blow up; ~ i mange stykker shatter, splitte split 2 overbelaste: havnen er ~t f.e. the port is congested; alle skoler er ~t all schools are overcrowded; lagrene var ~t, f.e. the warehouses were bursting with goods. The telephone system is disrupted. ~ banken break the bank preng,granat high-explosive [shell] -kraft explosive force -lese cram, dt. swot -ning minering blasting, av bro o. I. the blowing up of a bridge -sats charge -stoff explosive pringlbrett spring-board, fig. stepping-stone. He regards this position as a stepping-stone to further promotion -madrass spring mattress pringle v. hoppe jump, leap; løpe run; briste, eksplodere break, burst; kjelen sprang the boiler burst; skipet sprang i luften the ship blew up; prisene ~er i været prices soar; — i øynene be conspicuous; ~ ut fra (fig.) spring (emanate) from, have its origin in; det ~ende punkt the salient point prinkelkasse crate; pakke i ~ to crate prit spirit; denaturert ~ methylated spirits (fl.) -kokeapparat spirit stove -lampe spirit lamp pro om bakverk crisp, skjør brittle -het crispness, brittleness prøyt sjø ~ [sea] spray proyte 1 s. Uten squirt; med. syringe, til injeksjon hypodermic syringe; brann ~ (slange) fire-hose, til frukttrær sprayer 2 v. syringe; spray; ~ inn inject -maling spray painting -middel spray >pråk language; tale ~et the spoken 1.; skrift ~et the written 1.; et fremmed ~ a foreign 1.; disse tall taler sitt tydelige ~ these figures speak volumes; på et ~ in a language; han ville ikke ut med ^et he hesitated to speak out; he fenced with the question -ferdighet proficiency in languages -kunnskaper knowledge of languages -kyndig versed (skilled, proficient) in languages -lig linguistic -lærer teacher of languages -mann linguist -mektig skilled in languages puns bung -e v. bung -hull bung-hole py vomit; ~ røyk vomit (belch) smoke pydig sarcastic, caustic -het sarcasm; en ~ a sarcastic remark pok joke, jest; en grov (slett) ~ a coarse (poor) jest (joke); dette er ikke ~ this is no joking matter pokje 1 skjemte joke, jest; ikke være å ~ med not to be trifled with 2 det ~r stygt for selskapet it is touch-and-go with the company; it is in the greatest danger -full en ~ merknad a jocular remark -else arbeidsledighetens ~ the spectre of unemployment purre 1 ask, fore~ inquire, forhøre question; tør jeg ~ may I ask? 2 ~ etter (ville tale med) ask (inquire) for, hvordan det står til med ask after, f.e. he asked after you very kindly; ~ om (søke opplysninger om) ask (inquire) about; ~ om prisen ask the price; ~ om hans navn ask [him] his name; ~ ham om et råd ask his advice. He asked if you were at home. He asked whether I had received the cheque. ~ ut draw a p., draw (worm) information out of a p. 3 det spørs om det vil nytte it is doubtful whether it will help. I query whether his word can be relied on purrelr questioner -seddel inquiry form -setning interrogative sentence -skjema questionnaire -tegn question mark -time pari, question time spørsmål 1 det å spørre question, forespørsel inquiry; rette (stille) et ~ til ham ask him a q., put a q. to him; svare på et ~ answer a q. 2 sak, forhold matter, affair; omdebattert issue, problem question, problem; reise et bringe på bane raise a q., bring a matter forward, f.e. he raised the question of increasing the capital 3 ~ om: ~ om opprettelsen av en filial the question of establishing a branch; de firmaer det kan være ~ (tale) om the firms that may come into account; the likely (eligible) firms; ~et er hvordan vi skal forhindre det the q. is how to prevent it; det ble ~ om hvordan there arose the q. of how to; det er ~ om han vil kunne it is a q. whether (is open to question, is questionable) whether; her er ikke ~ om the question is not whether; ~et er om the question is whether; det er bare ~ om dager it is only a q. of days; det er ikke ~ om at han er ærlig there is no q. but that he is honest (se ogs. tale) -s|tegn question mark; sette ~ ved (fig.) question [the accuracy of] spå forutsi predict, forecast, foretell, prophesy; mennesket ~r, men Gud rår Man proposes, God disposes; dette ~r godt (ille) for framtiden this augurs well (ill) for the future -dom prophecy, prediction -mann opptre som ~ f.e. I cannot be expected to assume the role of prophet sta adj. (fig.) obstinate -het obstinacy stab staff; høre til ~en be on the staff stabel 1 haug pile, stack 2 ha et skip på ~en have a ship on the stocks; gå (løpe) av ~en be launched -avløpning launch staoil stable; ~e forhold stable (settled) conditions -isere stabilize; ~ seg become stable -iserlng stabilization; ~s\fond stabilization fund; ~s\linje s. line (policy) -itet stability stable v. stack, pile; ~ på bena raise stadfest|e bekrefte confirm -else confirmation stadig 1 adj. fast firm, stabil stable, settled; stø steady; vedvarende continual, constant; varig permanent. durable; ~ vær settled weather; disse ~e klager these constant complaints; stå i ~ forbindelse med be in constant touch (regular connection) with 2 adv. prisene stiger ~ prices are constantly (continually) rising; vi foretar ~ forbedringer we are continually making improvements; konkurransen blir ~ større competition is constantly increasing; det blir ~ vanskeligere å it is becoming more and more (increasingly) difficult to; de ~ økende vansker the constantly increasing difficulties; i ~ stigende grad to a constantly (ever-)increasing extent stadighet constancy, støhet steadiness, fasthet firmness, stabilitet stability; til ~ constantly stadion stadium stadium trinn stage, fase phase, punkt point; et overvunnet ~ a thing of the past; nå et kritisk ~ reach a critical stage; i siste ~ in the last (final) stage; på dette ~ at this stage stadslfysikus chief medical officer -ingeniør town (city) engineer stafettløp relay race stagge v. fig. check, curb, restrain stagn|asjon stagnation, a standstill -ere stagnate stake s. kort stake, lang pole, lyse ~ candlestick; renne seg en ~ i livet get into a mess, make a fool of oneself stamlaksje ordinary share -bane trunk (main) line -besetning pedigree stock -bok landbr. studbook, for kveg herd-book -kapital original (authorized) capital -tavle pedigree stamme s. tre ~ trunk, folke ~ tribe, landbr. race, breed stamme v. — fra: om pers, be descended from; skrive seg fra arise (stem, emanate) from, datere seg fra date from, ha sin opprinnelse i originate from (in). This rumour emanates from America. These words are derived from (they derive from) Latin