voksekraft 280 vær work is swamping us entirely, de ~r ikke på trær they do not grow on every bush -kraft power of growth vokslen person adult; ~ne adults; en ~ sønn a grown-up son; full — full-grown; være en oppgave ~ be equal to a task; være stillingen (situasjonen) ~ be equal to the occasion (emergency). He rose to the occasion -ende growing, økende increasing vokte ~ noe guard smtg.; ~ seg: være pa vakt be on one’s guard; ~ seg for beware of, guard against, be on one’s guard against; ~ seg for å take care not to, be wary of (-ing); ~ på guard; ~ på sine ord be guarded in what one says vold gi seg i deres ~ put oneself in their power (at their mercy); få (ha) i sin ~ get (have) at one’s mercy; med ~ by force, forcibly; møte ~ med ~ repel force by force; med ~ eller list by fair means or foul; øve ~ mot do violence to, violate; mishandle commit an assault (outrage) upon; gjøre ~ på (fig.) violate voldie forårsake cause; ~ store bekymringer cause (occasion) great anxiety; denne sak har —t meg atskillig bry this matter has put me to a great deal of trouble; det ble ~t stor skade på lasten great damage was done to the cargo; denne forsinkelse har ~t meg store utgifter this delay has put me to (involved me in) considerable expense; stormen ~te fryktelige ødeleggelser the gale caused (wrought) great havoc voidgift arbitration; avgjøre en tvist ved ~ arbitrate, settle a dispute by arbitration; underkaste (la avgjøre ved) ~ refer (submit) to arbitration; la saken gå til ~ refer the matter to arbitration voldgifts|domstol (-rett) arbitration court (tribunal) court of arbitration -kjennelse (-dom) [arbitral] award (decision); avsi ~ make an award, give a decision -lov Arbitration Act -mann arbitrator, oppmann umpire volds|dåd (gjerning) act of violence, outrage -forbrytelse crime of violence -politikk policy of terror, terrorism voldsom violent, vill furious, fierce; veldig tremendous; en ~ død a violent death; ~ interesse tremendous interest; en ~ stigning a tremendous increase; prisene stiger ~t, f.e. prices are rocketing -het violence, intensitet intensity volontør trainee, yngstemann junior clerk volt elektr. volt, fl. volts -spenning voltage volum volume -inos voluminous, om kolli som opptar stor plass bulky vond (se ogs. ond) 1 sint angry, om smak nasty, unpalatable, smertefull painful; vanskelig: giøre ~t verre make bad matters worse; ha ^t for penger be short of money; ha ~t for å have difficulty in (-ing); ha det ~t, f.e. he is having a hard (rough) time; Iide ~t suffer hardship; skadelig: sette ~t blod cause bad blood (ill-feeling); være —t ment, f.e. I meant no harm by it; han har ~t i sinne he means (is up to) mischief; snakke ~t om speak ill of, neds. speak disparagingly of; ikke et ~t ord om not a bad (disparaging) word about; han har ikke hatt ~t av, f.e. he is none the worse for; it has done him no harm; bedrøve: det gjør meg ~t å høre it grieves me to hear 2 s., godt og ~t good and evil vorden viere i sin ~ be in embryo, be still undeveloped. This industry is still in its infancy (in an early stage of development) -de framtidig future, prospective; påtenkt intended, proposed, contemplated, planlagt projected voter|e vote -ing voting (se avstemning) en ~ a vote; ~en endte uavgjort the vote ended in a tie; saken gikk til ~ the question was put to the vote votter mittens vrak ogs. fig. wreck, abandonert derelict; skipet er fullstendig ~ (forsikr.) the ship is a total loss; bli ~ become a wreck; kaste ~ på reject, throw away vrake forkaste reject, refuse; sortere sort grade. This fish is graded by Government graders, velge og ~ blant pick and choose from vrakgods wreckage, som blir berget salvage, flytende flotsam, kastet overbord jetsam vrang vanskelig, innviklet intricate, awkward; en ~ floke å løse a tangled web to unravel; om person: ikke imøtekommende disobliging, vanskelig difficult to deal with, sta stubborn, obstinate; feilaktig, forkjært wrong, erroneous, mistaken; vrengt turned inside out; slå seg sette seg pd bakbeinene be stubborn (awkward), jib, bli ubehagelig become unpleasant, show ill will, turn nasty -bilde distorted picture vrange vrangside wrong, f.e. the wrong (reverse) side of the cloth; vende ~n ut turn smtg. inside out, turn the wrong side outward vranglforestilling wrong idea, erroneous notion, delusion, distorted impression -side se vrange. livets ~ the seamy side of life; denne utviklings ~ the seamy side of this development -vilje stahet stubbornness, obstinacy; mangel pd imøtekommenhet unwillingness to oblige, disobligedness; av ~ out of spite -villig sta stubborn, obstinate; oppsetsig refractory, ikke imøtekommende disobliging, unwilling to oblige; debitoren er ~ f.e. debtor is able but unwilling to pay; stille seg ~ til oppose vred angry; bli ~ over get angry about; ~ over å måtte angry at having to; bli ~ på get angry with -e anger; i ~ in anger vrenge turn inside out, reverse -bilde caricature, travesty, a distorted picture vri ~ rundt turn, tvinne twist, wind; om tre: slå seg warp, om jernplate o. 1. buckle; ~ hardt wring, f.e. wring wet clothes; med rykk wrench; ~ av wrench off; ~ seg twist, wriggle. He can wriggle out of any difficulty, søke utflukter shuffle, prevaricate; ~ seg fra wriggle (shuffle) out of -maskin wringer vrien om ting: vanskelig difficult, awkward; innviklet intricate, besværlig troublesome. This is a delicate (ticklish) business, dvs. it is difficult to deal with; et ~t spørsmål, ogs. a puzzler, a poser, a knotty question; om person, se vrang vrimlle ~ av swarm (teem) with -mel swarm vriompeis cantankerous (contentious) person vriste wrench, wrest; ~ fra (fig.) wrest from vrøvl nonsense, twaddle, bosh; gjøre ~ (bråk) make trouble (difficulties), turn awkward, om protest o. I. raise needless objections, cavil, quibble -e v. twaddle, talk nonsense -e|hode twaddler, prat-maker prattler vugge vogge s. cradle, f. e. from the cradle to the grave; v. rock vullgarisere vulgarize -garisme vulgarism -gær vulgar vulkan volcano -isere vulcanize -isering vulcanization -isk volcanic -utbrudd volcanic eruption vurdere 1 verdsette value, appraise, estimate [the value of]; ~ skaden estimate the damage; ~ til value (estimate) at 2 fig. value, vite à ~ appreciate, bedømme appraise»- weigh, size up, form an estimate of, f.e. to appraise (size up) the situation, appraise a person’s ability, weigh a proposal. It is difficult to weigh up these factors. forstå riktig å ~ f.e. have a just sense of the real value of, estimate smtg. at its true value, appreciate vurdering valuation, appraisal, appraisement, fig. appreciation, bedømmelse appraisement; en ~ av situasjonen an appraisement (a sizing-up) of the situation -s|mann appraiser -s|sum appraised value, ved auksjon upset (reserve) price væpne arm; ~ seg arm [oneself] vær weather. The weather may be good, bad, klar ~ bright w., oppholds ~ (pent) fair, fine; vakkert fine, beautiful, lovely; hardt rough, severe; hvis ~et tillater det weather permitting; be om godt ~ (fig.) beg for mercy; være ute i hardt ~ have a rough time; komme under ~ med noe get wind of smtg.; prisene går i ~et prices rise