veske 276 viktig (considerably) higher price. Our sales have increased very substantially. ~ mindre a good deal less; bidra ganske ~ til å contribute most materially to, be largely instrumental in (-ing) veske [hand]bag, Uten dame~ vanity bag, skole ~ o. I. satchel vest plagg waistcoat, am. vest, dame ~ vest vest mots, øst wrest; i ~ in the west; rett i ~ due west; ~ for [to the] west of; ~ til nord west by north V-Afrika West Africa -en|fra from the west V-Europa Western Europe -gående westward bound; w'estbound traffic V-India the West Indies -kysten the west coast; på ~ on the West Coast V-landet Western Norway -landsk western -lig f.e. westerly wind; in a westerly direction; den ~e halvkule the Western Hemisphere -maktene the Western Powers -over to (towards) the west -re western veterinær veterinary -høyskole veterinary college veto veto; bruke ens ~ exercise one’s veto vett forstand sense, wit(s); ha ~ til å have the sense to, have sense (wit) enough to; han har ikke bedre ~ he has no better sense; være fra ~et be out of one’s senses (wits) vev en ~ a loom, det som ~es texture, web; et ~ a tissue; et ~ av løgn a tissue (web) of lies -skole weaving-school -stol loom vevle weave -feil fault [in the weaving] -kunst art of weaving -ning weaving -er weaver -eri weaving-mill -et woven, ~ tøy woven fabric; woven goods viblrasjon vibration -rere vibrate vid bred wide, rommelig spacious, ample, utstrakt extensive, vast; den ~e verden the wide world; ~e benklær wide trousers; en ~ frakk a loose coat; i ~e kretser in wide circles -de bredde width; qjøre ~ere widen vidde fjellvidde mountain wilds, moorland, moor(s) videre 1 adj., ytterligere further, additional, more; Deres ~ ordrer your further orders; som ~ svar på Deres brev in further reply to your letter; under ~ henvisning til with further reference to; til ~ befordring to be sent on; uten ~ besvær without any more (further) trouble, særlig without much (any particular) trouble 2 adv. a) arbeide ~ go on working, continue to work; gå ~ go on, proceed. We will now pass on to the next question, komme ~ f.e. we must get on with this work; sende brevet ~ forward, send on, om bestilling, beskjed o. I. pass on. We have passed your order on to the factory. Will you please pass this message on to your friends? dette må gjøres ~ kjent this must be made more widely known; ytterligere further; det meddeles ~ at it is further stated that; b) dessuten: ~ har vi furthermore we have (se dessuten, enn-videre); ikke ~ (ikke særlig) not particularly, not [so] very; og sd ~ and so on, and so forth; osv. = etc. 3 inntil videre, f.e. the banks will be closed until further notice. Sell at the old price until you hear further from us (until you receive our further instructions), saken er utsatt inntil — the matter has been postponed sine die lat. (indefinitely), se ogs. foreløpig 4 uten videre: straks at once, straight off (away), then and there; uten omstendighet without more ado, without further ceremony; uten varsel without further notice; som noe selvfølgelig as a matter of course; tro det uten ~ take it for granted videre|avhende resell -befordre send on, forward; til ^befordring til to be forwarded (sent on) to -dannelse [further] improvement -komne advanced [pupils] -salg resale -sende send on, forward -utdannelse further education viderverdighet adversity, trouble vidløftig adj. omfattende extensive, lang long, lengthy, of excessive length; langvarig protracted, for ordrik wordy, verbose; omstendelig long-winded, prolix; risikabel risky, tvilsom questionable, mangfoldige multifarious, vanskelig å forslå complex, kjedelig tedious, brysom troublesome, utførlig elaborate -het extent; lengthiness; verbosity; prolixity; complexity, etc. -heter vansker difficulties, trouble; uten å innlate seg på ~ without going into tedious details vid|strakt extensive -synt far-seeing vidt adv. 1 ~ forskjellig widely different; ~ og bredt far and wide; tale ~ og bredt om expatiate upon 2 for dette går for ~ this is going too far. You are overstepping the mark, drive noe for ~ go (carry the thing) too far 3 a) så ~: så ~ jeg vet so (as) far as I know, to the best of my knowledge; så ~ jeg husker as far as I remember, to the best of my recollection; så ~ det er mulig if in any way possible; drive det så ~ at carry matters to such a length that, to such lengths that; jeg vil [ikte] gå sa ~ som å si at I will [not] go so far as to say that; I will not go to the length of saying that b) for så ~ so far. That is very good so far. This information is satisfactory as far as it goes, for så ~ som in so far as 4 så knapt, neppe only just, scarcely, barely. We had scarcely (only just) opened our new offices when a fire broke out. The price barely covers the cost, det var så ~ vi nådde fram i tide, we were only just in time. We had barely enough time to catch the boat, det var så ~ han unngikk å bli slått he escaped defeat by a narrow margin (only by the merest margin); det var så ~ vi klarte det it was all we (it was as much as we) could do to . . vidt'bekjent widely known -forgrent widely ramified -gående ytterlig ~ extreme, overdreven excessive, trekkende far-reaching -omfattende extensive -rekkende far-reaching, f.e. a question of far-reaching importance -spennende all--embracing vidunder wonder, marvel -barn infant prodigy -land wonderland -lig adj. wonderful, marvellous vie ~ denne sak større oppmerksomhet give the matter greater attention, devote greater attention to the matter -Ise ekteskap marriage; ~s| attest marriage certificate Wien Vienna vifte s., ogs. mek. fan -formet fan-shaped vignett vignette, tittel ~ headpiece vigør i full ~ in full vigour. He is quite strong and well. He is still active vikar substitute, deputy; lege, prest locum tenens (lat.)-, lærer, ogs. supply [teacher]; stille ~ find a substitute -iere deputize, act as a person’s substitute, etc. ~ for deputize for -iat deputyship, post temporary post vikle gi etter give way (ground), yield; ikke ~ en tomme not budge an inch. He will not give way on this point. ~ for give way (yield) to; ~ plassen for cede the place to, make way for, bli erstattet av be replaced by; ~ fra, f.e. pliktens vei swerve (deviate, deflect) from the path of duty; ikke ~ fra sin mening adhere (stick) to one’s opinion: ~ tilbake (redd) shrink back; ~ tilbake for følgene shrink (flinch) from the consequences. We must not shrink.from our duty. He boggled at undertaking fresh responsibility. ~ unna spørsmålet evade (shirk) the question, hedge -ende om marked a sagging market, kurs declining, giving way, receding; en ~ tendens a falling (downward, sagging) tendency; prisene er sterkt ~ prices are receding sharply; på ~ front in [full] retreat vikle tvinne wind, coil, twine; ~ opp unwind, uncoil viktig adj. important, of importance (moment); nødvendig, av vesentlig betydning, livs ~ vital, essential; presserende urgent; om person a person of consequence (importance), ledende leading; innbilsk self-important, conceited; en ~ sak an important (urgent) matter, a matter of moment; mindre ~ unimportant, of little consequence;