svingrom 227 syn has now swung to the other extreme. The pendulum of public opinion has swung right over. ~ seg opp (fig.) rise [in the world]; ~ seg opp til rise to be -rom elbow-room svingning swinging, fram og tilbake oscillation; pris ~, valuta ~ fluctuations in prices (exchange) f.e. a slight fluctuation of the dollar exchange; the wild swings (oscillations) of the dollar pendulum; the oscillations of public opinion -s|tall number of oscillations svinn wastage, waste; vekttap loss in weight, det å krympe inn shrinkage; godtgjørelse for ~ allowance for wastage, etc., god vekt draft -prosent waste (etc.) percentage svinn|e minke decrease, diminish, forsvinne vanish, fade [away], se minke, forsvinne. ~ bort (inn) dwindle [down], shrink; ~ inn til ikke noe be reduced to vanishing point (to a negligible amount) -ende fig. f.e. a dwindling trade; diminishing food supplies, se forsvinnende svipptur ta en — til pay a hurried (short) visit to; run across to svirre det ~r med rykter om [a/] reports are buzzing of, rumour is rife that sviske prune svoger brother-in-law svovel sulphur, brimstone -aktig sulphureous -holdig sulphuric -jern sulphide of iron -kis [iron] pyrites (entail) -syre sulphuric acid -vannstoff sulphuretted hydrogen svulm|e swell; ~ opp swell [out], inflate; budsjettet —et opp the budget was [greatly] inflated; et —ende språk inflated language, bombast svulst tumour; godartet (ondartet) ~ benign (malignant) t. -ig fig. bombastic, inflated svær adj. 1 (se stor); meget ~ very large (big), imponerende great, f.e. a great building; han er ~ til å snakke he is a great talker 2 veldig huge, enormous, immense, f.e. a huge (enormous) building, an enormous sum of money, huge profits, an enormous difference; —e kornavlinger bumper (heavy) crops 3 lung, tyngende heavy, f.e. h. expenses (losses); h. shipments of wheat; h. stocks of silk 4 stor og uhandterlig bulky; ~e kolli bulky packages 5 vidstrakt extensive, vast, f.e. extensive forests, ogs. —e reparasjoner extensive repairs G vanskelig hard, difficult -industri large-scale industry -vekt heavy-weight svært adv. ~ mye very much; ~ mange very many, a very large number of; ~ vanskelig very (extremely) difficult; ~ overdrevet greatly exaggerated svomm|e swim -ende ~ last floating cargo. Prices are firm for cargoes afloat svøpe fig. scourge sy sew; ~ en bluse make a blouse -arbeid sewing, needlework -atelier dressmaker’s shop -dame dressmaker -erske seamstress, hos skredder tailoress -maskin sewing-machine -nål [sewing-] needle -saker sewing materials -tråd sewing--cotton (-thread) syd (se sør) S-en the South -frukter southern (tropical) fruits S-ishavet the Antarctic -landsk southern S-polen the South Pole -polslferd Antarctic expedition syenitt min. syenite syk f.e. a sick p., he is ill, am. sick; uvel unwell, indisposed, om ting diseased f.e. diseased (blighted) plants; alvorlig ~ seriously (dangerously) ill; bli — fall (be taken) ill; han ble plutselig ~ he was suddenly taken ill (was seized with illness); ligge ~ be laid up, be ill in bed; han ser ~ ut he looks ill sykdom illness, noe som feiler en an ailment, a complaint, f.e. a cold is a common complaint; en hjerte ~ a heart complaint; en bestemt ~ (bakteriell) a disease, f.e. influenza is a disease; plante — plant disease; etter noen tids ~ after being ill for some time; after an illness of some duration sykdoms I bakterier disease germs -forfall ha ~ be absent owing to illness; be prevented by illness from attending -fravær sickness absenteeism -tilfelle i ~ in case of illness -årsak cause of an illness (a disease) sykelattest medical certificate -behandling medical treatment -bil ambulance -forsikring privat sickness insurance -hjem nursing-home, clinic -hus hospital, f.e. he is in hospital; —behandling hospital treatment; —opphold f.e. han får et lengere ~ he will be in hospital for some considerable time -kasse privat sick [relief] fund, sick benefit club, trygde ~ health insurance fund (service) -leie konk, a sick-bed; han får et langt ~ f.e. he will be laid up (be confined to his bed) for a long time; etter et langt ~ after a long illness -penger sickness benefit -permisjon sick-leave, f.e. he is away on sick-leave -pleie sick-nursing -pleierske trained nurse -sal [hospital] ward -seng sick-bed -søster [hospital] nurse -stønad [sickness] benefit -trygd offentlig health insurance, privat sickness insurance sykelig være ~ be in bad (poor) health; suffer from ill-health; fig. morbid, f.e. a morbid imagination -het ill-health syklmelde report ill (sick); melde seg syk report oneself ill -meldt være ~ be reported ill (sick); he is on the sick-list sykkel bicycle, cycle; motor ~ motor-cycle, trå ~ push-bicycle -bane b. track -dekk c.-tyre cover -fabrikant c. manufacturer -fabrikk c. works -forhandler c. dealer -lop b. race -rekvisita c. accessories -ring c. tire (tyre) -sete c. saddle -slange c. tube -sport cycling -styre handle-bar -tilbehør c. fittings -veske tool-bag syklon cyclone -aktig cyclonic syl awl sylinder cylinder -formet cylindrical sylte frukt o. I. preserve, i eddik pickle -glass preserve jar -sukker preserving-sugar -tøy jam, pre-serve(s) symbol symbol; være et ~ på be a symbol of, to symbolize -isere symbolize -sk symbolic[al]; ~ betaling a token payment; ~ streik a token strike symmetiri symmetry, mangel på ~ assymmetry -risk symmetric[al], adv. -ally sympatji sympathy; —ier og antipatier likes and dislikes; ha ~ for (med) feel [sympathy] for (with), to sympathize with; vinne ~ hos en p. for en sak enlist a person’s sympathy for a cause -isere ~ med sympathize with a p., be in sympathy with, be sympathetic to (towards) -isk adj. utseende, f.e. a sympathetic face (person), winning (attractive) looks; hyggelig pleasant, congenial -streik sympathetic strike, f.e. they struck work in sympathy with the railwaymen -uttalelse ah expression of sympathy symptom symptom; være et ~ på be a s. of, tegn a sign (indication) of -atisk være ~ for be symptomatic of syn 1 det å se sight, f.e. he has good (bad) sight; he has lost his sight 2 noe sett a sight; et storslagent ~ a grand sight (spectacle); utseende: bare for et —s skyld for appearance’ sake, merely for the look of the thing 3 besiktigelse survey, inspection, view 4 anskuelse, mening view, opinion; livs ~ outlook on life; etter mitt ~ in my view (opinion), to my mind, to my way of thinking; jeg kan ikke være enig i Deres ~ I cannot fall in with (agree to) your views 5 med etterfølg. prep, a) ved —et av at the sight of b) få ~ for realize, become alive to; ha — for have an eye for, be alive to; uten — for with no eye for c) dele — med: være helt enig med see eye to eye with d) få — på: å se catch sight of; få el helt annet ~ på get an entirely different idea of; look at smtg. from a different angle; mitt ~ på saken my view of the matter (case); jeg har et annet — på saken I take a different view of the matter; mening (særl. politisk o. 1.) views on, f.e. what are your views on free trade? he