Norwegian | English |
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amme verb | breastfeed [breastfed, breastfeeding, breastfeeds](feed a baby milk via the breasts) |
(Bokmål) amme noun {m} {f} | wet nurse [wet nurses](woman hired to suckle another woman's child) |
(Bokmål) antikvert, hønngammel adjective | antediluvian(extremely dated) |
(Bokmål) arkaisk, gammeldags, foreldet adjective | archaic(old-fashioned or antiquated) |
(Bokmål) bite tennene sammen verb | grit one's teeth(face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it) |
(Bokmål) bite tennene sammen, bite tennene sammen verb | grit one's teeth(clench one's teeth together) |
(Bokmål) blande sammen verb | confuse [confused, confusing, confuses](to mix up / muddle up one thing with another; to mistake one thing for another) |
(Bokmål) Drammen proper noun | Drammen(municipality and city in Norway) |
(Bokmål) ekkokammer noun {n} | echo chamber(environment which unilaterally reinforces one's own views, beliefs, or opinions) |
(Bokmål) eldgammel, eldgammal adjective | ancient(existent or occurring in time long past) |
(Bokmål) eldgammel, eldgammal, antikk adjective | ancient(having lasted from a remote period) |
(Bokmål) eplet faller ikke langt fra stammen, være sin far/mor opp av dage phrase | the apple does not fall far from the tree(a child is similar to its parents) |
(Bokmål) flamme, lue noun | flame [flames](visible part of fire) |
(Bokmål) flammekaster noun {m} | flamethrower(device that projects a flame) |
(Bokmål) flammende, fyrig adjective | fiery [fierier, fieriest](tempestuous or emotionally volatile) |
(Bokmål) forbrenningskammer noun {n} | combustion chamber(space in a heat engine) |
(Bokmål) forbundet, felles, sammenvokst adjective | conjoint(joined together) |
(Bokmål) forkorte, sammendra verb | abridge [abridged, abridging, abridges](to make shorter) |
(Bokmål) gammel knark noun {m} (about a male), gammel grinebiter {m} | old fart(pejorative: elderly person) |
(Bokmål) gammeldags, gammaldags adjective | old-fashioned(outdated or no longer in vogue) |
(Bokmål) gammelengelsk proper noun {m}, gammalengelSk {m} | Old English(ancestor language of modern English) |
(Bokmål) gammelfransk proper noun {m} | Old French(French language from 9th to the early 14th century) |
(Bokmål) gammelgresk proper noun {m} | Ancient Greek(the Greek language of classical antiquity) |
(Bokmål) gammelnordisk, gammalnordisk, norrønt, oldnordisk proper noun | Old Norse(language of Scandinavia before 1400 CE) |
(Bokmål) gammelnorsk proper noun {m}, gammalnorSk {m} | Old Norwegian(the Old Norse language of Norway) |
(Bokmål) gammelsaksisk noun {n} | Old Saxon(the Old Saxon language) |
(Bokmål) gammelsyrisk proper noun {n} | Classical Syriacproper noun |
(Bokmål) gi etter, kollapse, bryte sammen, knele verb | cave in(to collapse inward or downward) |
(Bokmål) hammer och sigd noun | hammer and sickle(symbol of communism) |
(Bokmål) hammerhai noun {m} | hammerhead shark(shark of the genus Sphyrna) |
(Bokmål) henge sammen som erteris adjective | thick as thieves(intimate, close-knit) |
(Bokmål) hjernestamme noun {m} | brain stem [brain stems](part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum) |
(Bokmål) hvor gammel er du?, hvor gammel er De? (very formal) phrase | how old are you(what is your age in years) |
(Bokmål) i samme båt adjective | in the same boat(in the same situation) |
(Bokmål) innramme, innfatte verb | enframe [enframed, enframing, enframes]verb |
(Bokmål) jeg er ... år gammel phrase | I'm ... year(s) old(I am ... year(s) old) |
(Bokmål) jeg er tjue år gammel phrase | I'm twenty years old(I am twenty years old) |
(Bokmål) kammermusikk noun {m} | chamber musicnoun |
(Bokmål) krype sammen, krympe seg verb | cower [cowered, cowering, cowers](to crouch in fear) |
(Bokmål) kuleramme noun {m} {f}, abakuS {m} | abacus [abacuses](device for performing arithmetical calculations) |