svare 226 svinge a reply; imøtese et ~ f.e. we look forward to [receiving] an early reply from you; we await your reply with interest; når kan vi vente ~ when may we expect a reply? 3 til ~ in reply, by way of reply; jeg fikk til ~ at, f.e. I received a reply that; I was told in return that; et ~ på et brev an answer (reply) to a letter; som (til) ~ på in answer (reply) to, på anmodning, f.e. in response to your request for information; til ~ på Deres brev meddeler vi at in reply to your letter we would inform you that svare 1 answer, reply; respond (jfr. svar); vær så vennlig å ~ pr. omgående kindly reply by return of post; ~ toll pay duty; toll ~s av varer, f.e. these articles are subject (liable) to a high duty; ~ skatt be subject to tax 2 med prep, a) ~ for følgene answer (be answerable el. responsible) for, innestå for answer for b) ~ på et spørsmål answer a question, brev answer (reply to) a letter, beskyldning reply to an accusation, appell respond to an appeal e) ~ til: varen ~r til prøven, f.e. the paper corresponds exactly to sample; goods are fully equal to (are exactly to) sample; the tobacco is not up to the quality of the sample; om utseende (farge, monster), f.e. the cloth matches (is an exact match to) the sample; ~ til en beskrivelse answer to a description; ~ til våre forventninger come (be) up to (be equal to) our expectations, ikke ~ til, ogs. it falls short of our expectations; ~ til sin hensikt (øyemedet) answer its purpose; ~ i verdi be equivalent (equal) to; dette beløp ~r omtrent til 5 % av hvetens verdi this amount is roughly equivalent to . . svart black; se allting ~ look on the dark side of things, be a pessimist; se for ~ på take too gloomy a view of; gjøre ~ til hvitt prove that black is white; få ~ pd hvitt for noe have something [down] in black and white; det ser ~ ut things are looking black -aktig blackish -blå blackish-blue, blue-black -grå iron grey -sinn melancholia -sjuk ~ på jealous of -sjuke jealousy -stripet with black stripes, black striped svartelbørs black market; ~hai black-marketeer S-havet the Black Sea -liste black list, f.e. be on the black list, be black-listed; his name has been put on their black list sveis I bar weldable -e v. weld; ~ sammen w. together -er welder -ing welding sveit av fly formation Sveits Switzerland sveitsier a Swiss -isk Swiss sveiv crank -aksel crank shaft -e v. crank, f.e. crank up an engine svekk|e weaken; skade, ogs. impair; enervere enervate; dempe, mildne soften; moderere modify; f.e. his health (our credit) has been impaired. Our position has been weakened. The vitality of this industry is being sapped -else weakening; impairment svelg avgrunn abyss, gulf; et bunnløst ~ a bottomless abyss svelle v. ~ ut swell out, bulge svenn håndverks ~ journeyman svensk Swedish; en —e a Swede -amerikansk Swedish-American -engelsk Swedish English, Anglo-Swedish -norsk Swedish-Norwegian sverd sword; damokles ~ sword of Damocles -slag uten ~ without striking a blow (firing a shot) sverge swear; svorne fiender sworn enemies; ~ på swear to; ~ pd at swear that Sverige Sweden sverm swarm, ogs. a crowd of people sverme v. swarm; ~ for (fig.) admire, be an enthusiastic admirer of a person, sterk, be crazy about; ikke ~ for: ting, f.e. I do not fancy.. sverte 1 s. sko ~ blacking 2 v., ogs. fig. blacken, fig. defame svev|e float, gli glide, kretse hover; fig. svinge fluctuate, vacillate; ~ i fare be in danger; ~ i frykt (uvisshet) be in the greatest anxiety (uncertainty); ~ i luften float in the air, hang (be suspended) in mid-air; ~ i villfarelse be (labour) under a delusion; ~ mellom liv og død hover between life and death -elfly glider -ende adj. floating, fig. uklar vague, uviss uncertain; uavgjort be undecided, be in suspense; den ~ gjeld floating debt svi 1 vt. brenne burn, singe, scorch, f.e. the cloth has been singed (scorched); the sun has scorched (parched) the plants 2 vi. smart; han får ~ for det he will smart (suffer) for it svie s. føle ~n av to smart under, f.e. they are smarting under unfair competition -nde smarting ogs. f.e. a blistering report svigerdatter osv. daughter-in-law, father-in-law, etc. -inne sister-in-law svik list deceit, perfidy; jur. fraud, forræderi treachery, assurance ~ insurance fraud, lands ~ treason, treachery to one’s country; uten ~ without guile -aktig deceitful; fraudulent; treacherous; handle — act fraudulently, etc.; i ~ hensikt with fraudulent intent -aktighet fraudulence svike bedra deceive, play one false; jur. defraud; forråde betray -full deceitful, perfidious, fraudulent; treacherous svikt mangel deficiency, shortage; underskudd deficit; ~ i bestillinger a falling off in orders; ~ i tilførslene failure of supplies; ~ i eksporten, f.e. shrinkage in exports (of the export trade), i handel, ogs. trade gap, i priser, f.e. a sag in the price of wheat; ~ef i stållever anser, ogs. the short-fall in steel deliveries; det å unnlate å gjøre failure, f.e. a failure in duty, om grunn ground subsidence svikte 1 vi. fail, give way, f.e. the water supply failed; his health is failing; bremsen ~t the brake failed to act; the rope (the ice) gave way; grunnen ~r the ground subsides, it gives way [under us], fig. we do not know where we stand; prisene ~t prices gave way (sagged); fronten ~t the line broke; planen ~t the plan failed to work (broke down); inntektene har ~t med £ . ., f.e. receipts are down £ . ., i regnskap receipts show a deficit of £ . . 2 vt. han har ~t meg he has let me down (failed me, left me in the lurch); he failed me at the critical moment (at the last minute); ~ en i farens stund fail (desert) one in the hour of danger; ~ sin plikt fail in one’s duty; motet ~t meg my courage failed me; ikke ~ ham, ogs. stand by him sviktende ~ priser receding (declining) prices; ~ helbred failing (declining) health; aldri ~ f.e. never-failing kindness; med aldri ~ iver with unfailing (unflagging, unremitting) zeal; saken ble reist på ~ grunnlag, f.e. the action was commenced without sufficient cause (on insufficient grounds). Se vikende svill s. jernb. sleeper svim|e s. slå i ~ stun, daze, make one’s head reel -lende dizzy; en ~ høyde a dizzy height; en ~ sum a staggering sum; ~ tap staggering losses svin gris a pig (hog), koll. swine svind|el swindle -foretagende a bogus enterprise -le v. swindle, defraud, cheat -ler a swindler; ~ firma a bogus firm, a firm of swindlers -lerier swindling (bogus) transactions svine|avl pig-breeding -binde bind hand and foot -bust pig’s (swine) bristles -fett smult lard -kjøtt pork -lær pigskin -pest swine fever, am. hog cholera -produkter hog products -sti pig-sty sving 1 gang, fart swing; komme i ~ f.e. get things going, se 1gang. når vi først kommer i ~ once we get fairly going; være i full ~ be in full swing; sette i ~ start, set going; få ~ på, f.e. he is the man to make things go 2 stil form, style -bru swing-bridge -hjul fly-wheel -stol swivel-chair -tapp trunnion, snivel swivel svinge swing, som en pendel swing to and fro, oscillate; om priser o. I. fluctuate; rotere rotate, pd tapp swivel; prisene ~r sterkt prices are fluctuating widely; — om turn round, om vind veer round; fig. shift, change. The pendulum (fig.)