vacant {adj} (not occupied)
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:: laus
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vacation {n} (holiday, period of leisure time)
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:: frí {n}
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vaccine {n} (substance meant to stimulate production of antibodies)
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:: bóluefni
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vacillate {v} (to swing from one course of action or opinion to another)
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:: bera kápuna á báðum öxlum
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vacuüm {n} (vacuum) SEE: vacuum
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vacuum {n} (region of space that contains no matter)
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:: lofttæmi {n}, lofttóm {n}
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vacuum {v} (transitive: to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
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:: ryksuga
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vacuum {v} (intransitive: to use a vacuum cleaner)
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:: ryksuga
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vacuum {n} (vacuum cleaner) SEE: vacuum cleaner
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::
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vacuum-clean {v} (to clean with a vacuum cleaner)
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:: ryksuga
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vacuum cleaner {n} (machine for cleaning)
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:: ryksuga {f}
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vade mecum {n} (referential book)
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:: handbók {f}, vasakver {n}, uppsláttarkver {n}
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vade mecum {n} (useful object)
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:: handargagn {n}, handhægur hlutur {m}
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vagina {n} (anatomical sense)
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:: leggöng {n-p}, skeið {f}, slíður {n}
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vagina {n} (vulva) SEE: vulva
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vaginal {adj} (of the vagina)
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:: legganga-, skeiðar-, slíður-
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vaginectomy {n} (surgical removal of all or part of the vagina)
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:: legganganám {n}, slíðurhjúpsnám {n}
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vale of tears {n} (the world as the place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt)
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:: táradalur {m}
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Valhalla {prop} (in Norse mythology, the home of warriors slain gloriously in battle)
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:: Valhöll {m}
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valid {adj} (acceptable, proper or correct)
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:: gildur
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valise {n} (a piece of hand luggage such as a suitcase) SEE: suitcase
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valkyrie {n} (any of the female attendants, or handmaidens of Odin)
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:: valkyrja {f}
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Valle d'Aosta {prop} (region of northwestern Italy)
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:: Ágústudalur {m}
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valley {n} (elongated depression between hills or mountains)
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:: dalur {m}
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valor {n} (value, worth) SEE: value
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::
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valour {n} (value) SEE: value
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::
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value {n} (quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable)
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:: gildi {n}, mikilvægi {n}, gagnsemi {f}
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value {n} (amount (of money, goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else)
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:: verðgildi {n}
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value {n} (relative duration of a musical note)
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:: lengdargildi {n}
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value {n} (ideal accepted by some individual or group)
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:: gildi {n}
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value added tax {n} (tax levied on added value of an exchange)
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:: virðisaukaskattur {m}
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valve {n} (device that controls flow of gas or fluid)
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:: ventill {m}
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vampire {n} (mythological creature)
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:: vampíra {f}
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vanadium {n} (chemical element)
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:: vanadín
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vandal {n} (person who destroys or damages property)
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:: skemmdarvargur {m}
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Vandal {n} (member of an ancient east Germanic tribe)
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:: Vandali {m}
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vanilla {n} (orchid)
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:: vanillujurt {f}
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vanilla {n} (fruit)
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:: vanilla {f}, vanilja {f}
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vanilla {n} (natural extract)
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:: vanilla {f}, vanilja {f}
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vanilla {n} (flavor)
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:: vanilla {f}, vanilja {f}
|
vanilla {n} (artificial extract)
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:: vanilla {f}, vanilja {f}
|
vanilla bean {n} (the seedpod of any plant in the Vanilla genus)
|
:: vanillu baun
|
vantage point {n} (place or position affording a good view)
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:: sjónarhóll {m}
|
vapor {n} (the gaseous state of a substance that is normally a solid or liquid)
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:: gufa {f}
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vaporization {n} (conversion of a solid to gas)
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:: gufumyndun {f}
|
vapor pressure {n} (pressure that a vapor exerts)
|
:: gufuþrýstingur {m}
|
vapour {n} (vapor) SEE: vapor
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vapour {n} (steam) SEE: steam
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::
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variable {n} (mathematics: a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values)
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:: breyta {f}
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variant {adj} (variable) SEE: variable
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::
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variegated horsetail {n} (plant)
|
:: beitieski {n}
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varix {n} (varicose vein)
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:: æðahnútur {m}
|
varsity {n} (university) SEE: university
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::
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vas deferens {n} (vas deferens)
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:: sáðrás {f}
|
vase {n} (container used mainly for displaying flowers)
|
:: vasi {m}
|
vasoconstriction {n} (constriction of a blood vessel)
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:: æðaþrenging {f}, æðasamdráttur {m}
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vasoconstrictive {adj} (that causes vasocontriction)
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:: æðaþrengjandi {m}
|
vasoconstrictor {n} (substance that causes vasoconstriction)
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:: æðaþrengjandi {m}, æðaþrengir {m}
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vat {n} (a large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning)
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:: ker {n}
|
VAT {n} (value-added tax)
|
:: VSK, VASK
|
Vatican City {prop} (State of the Vatican City)
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:: Vatíkanborg {f}, Vatíkanið {n}, Páfagarður {m}
|
vaudeville {n} (a style of multi-act theatrical entertainment)
|
:: gamansýning {f}, fjölleikasýning {f}
|
vaunt {v} (speak boastfully) SEE: boast
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::
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veal {n} (flesh of a calf)
|
:: kálfakjöt {n}
|
vector {n} (directed quantity)
|
:: vigur
|
vector product {n} (vector with size given by the product of two vectors)
|
:: krossfeldi {n}, krossmargfeldi {n}, vigurfeldi {n}, vigurmargfeldi {n}, vektormargfeldi {n}
|
Vedic {adj} (Of or pertaining to the Vedas)
|
:: vedískur
|
Vedic {adj} (Of or relating to the Sanskrit language of the Vedas)
|
:: vedískur
|
vee {n} (name of the letter V, v)
|
:: vaff
|
vegetable {n} (any plant)
|
:: grænmeti {n}
|
vegetable {n} (a plant raised for some edible part of it)
|
:: grænmeti {n}
|
vegetable oil {n} (oil produced from plants)
|
:: jurtaolía {f}
|
vegetarian {n} (person who does not eat any animal flesh)
|
:: grænmetisæta
|
vegetation {n} (plants)
|
:: gróður {m}
|
vehement {adj} (showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense)
|
:: ákafur {m}
|
vehicle {n} (conveyance)
|
:: farartæki {n}, ökutæki {n} [a vehicle controlled by a driver]
|
vein {n} (blood vessel transporting blood towards the heart)
|
:: æð {f}
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veisalgia {n} (unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol) SEE: hangover
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::
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velar {adj} (articulated at the soft palate)
|
:: uppgómmæltur
|
velociraptor {n} (dinosaur)
|
:: snareðla {f}
|
velocity {n} (vector quantity)
|
:: hraði {m}
|
velvet {n} (fabric)
|
:: flauel {n}
|
velvet scoter {n} (Melanitta fusca)
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:: korpönd {f}
|
vendetta {n} (bitter, destructive feud in which each injury is revenged)
|
:: blóðhefnd {f}
|
vending machine {n} (machine that dispenses merchandise)
|
:: sjálfsali {m}
|
venerable {adj} (commanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position)
|
:: virðulegur {m}, æruverðugur {m}, [commanding respect] sem vekur virðingu {m}
|
venerable {adj} (worthy of reverence)
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:: virðulegur {m}, æruverðugur {m}, [commanding respect] sem vekur virðingu {m}
|
venereal {adj} (of or relating to the genitals or sexual intercourse)
|
:: kyn-, samræðis-
|
venereal {adj} (of a disease: sexually transmitted)
|
:: kyn-, samræðis-
|
venereal disease {n} (contagious disease spread through sexual intercourse)
|
:: kynsjúkdómur {m}, samræðissjúkdómur {m}
|
Venetian {adj} (relating to Venice)
|
:: feneyskur
|
Venetian {n} (inhabitant of Venice)
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:: Feneyingur {m}
|
Venezuela {prop} (country)
|
:: Venesúela
|
venial {adj} (pardonable; able to be forgiven)
|
:: fyrirgefanlegur {m}, afsakanlegur {m}
|
Venice {prop} (city and province in Italy)
|
:: Feneyjar {f-p}
|
Venn diagram {n} (diagram representing sets by circles)
|
:: Venn-mynd {f}
|
ventriloquism {n} (art of projecting one's voice so that it appears to come from another source)
|
:: búktal {n}
|
ventriloquist {n} (a person who practices ventriloquism)
|
:: búktalari {m}
|
venturi {n} (throat of a carburetor) SEE: throat
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::
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Venus {prop} (planet)
|
:: Venus {f}
|
Venus {prop} (goddess)
|
:: Venus {f}
|
VEOS {prop} (virtual environment operating shell)
|
:: stýrikerfi sýndarheims {n}
|
veranda {n} (roofed open gallery)
|
:: verönd {f}
|
verb {n} ((grammar) a word that indicates an action, event, or a state)
|
:: sagnorð {n}, sögn {f}
|
verbatim {adv} (word for word)
|
:: orðrétt, orð fyrir orð
|
verbatim {adj} (of a document: word for word)
|
:: orðréttur {m}, orðrétt {f} {n}
|
verdict {n} (decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest)
|
:: úrskurður {m}, dómur {m}, dómsúrskurður {m}
|
verdigris {n} (blue-green patina on copper and copper alloys)
|
:: spanskgræna {f}, eirgræna {f}, spansgræna {f}
|
verge {n} (phallus) SEE: phallus
|
::
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vermicide {n} (Any substance used to kill worms)
|
:: ormadeyðir {m}
|
vermiform appendix {n} (blind tube projecting from the caecum)
|
:: botnlangi {m}, botnlangatota {f}
|
vermouth {n} (wine infused with herbs)
|
:: vermút {n}
|
vernacular {n} (national language)
|
:: þjóðtunga {f}
|
vernacular {adj} (pertaining to everyday language)
|
:: þjóðtungu-
|
vernal equinox {n} (the point)
|
:: vorpunktur {m}
|
vernal equinox {n} (the moment)
|
:: vorjafndægur {n-p}
|
veronica {n} ((botany) flower of the genus Veronica)
|
:: depla {f}
|
Versailles {prop} (suburb of Paris)
|
:: Versalir {m-p}
|
version {n} (a specific form or variation of something)
|
:: útgáfa {f}
|
versus {prep} (in opposition to)
|
:: á móti, móti
|
vertebrate {n} (an animal having a backbone)
|
:: hryggleysingjar
|
vertical {adj} (being perpendicular to horizontal)
|
:: lóðrétt
|
vertical bar {n} (vertical bar) SEE: pipe
|
::
|
vertiginous {adj} (Revolving, rotating)
|
:: svimandi
|
very {adv} (to a high degree)
|
:: mjög, ákaflega, afar, [colloquial] ógeðslega, [colloquial] voða, ýkja, [obsolete] fjarska, einkar
|
vesicovaginal fistula {n} (fistula between the bladder and vagina)
|
:: blöðru- og leggangafistill {m}
|
vest {n} (garment worn over a shirt)
|
:: vesti {n}
|
vest {n} (garment worn under a shirt)
|
:: nærbolur {m}
|
vestibule {n} (a passage, hall or room)
|
:: anddyri {n}, fordyri {n}, forstofa {f}, forsalur {m}, forbyrgi {n}
|
vestibule {n} (body cavity)
|
:: forgarður {m}, önd {f}, hol {n}
|
vestment {n} (clothing) SEE: clothing
|
::
|
vet {n} (veterinarian) SEE: veterinarian
|
::
|
veterinarian {n} (doctor who treats animals)
|
:: dýralæknir {m}
|
veterinary {n} (veterinarian) SEE: veterinarian
|
::
|
veterinary surgeon {n} (veterinarian) SEE: veterinarian
|
::
|
veto {n} (political right)
|
:: neitunarvald {n}
|
veto {v} (to use a veto against)
|
:: beita neitunarvaldi
|
vexation {n}
|
:: skapraun {f}
|
Viborg {prop} (Danish city)
|
:: Vébjörg {n-p}
|
vibraphone {n} (percussion instrument)
|
:: víbrafónn {m}
|
vibration {n} (act of vibrating)
|
:: titringur {m}
|
vice {n} (screw apparatus) SEE: vise
|
::
|
vicious circle {n} (situation in which the solution to a problem creates another problem)
|
:: vítahringur {m}
|
victory {n} (an instance of having won a competition or battle)
|
:: sigur {m}
|
vide infra {phrase} (see below)
|
:: sjá hér fyrir neðan, sjá hér á eftir
|
videocassette recorder {n} (recording device)
|
:: myndbandstæki {n}
|
videodisc {n} (an optical disc used to record video images on special equipment)
|
:: mynddiskur {m}
|
video game {n} (game controlled by software)
|
:: tölvuleikur {m}
|
video game console {n} (dedicated electronic device that is designed to play video games)
|
:: leikjatölva
|
videotape {n} (tape used to record videos)
|
:: myndband {n}
|
vide supra {phrase} (see above)
|
:: sjá hér fyrir ofan, sjá hér á undan
|
Vienna {prop} (capital of Austria)
|
:: Vín {f}, Vínarborg {f}
|
Vietnam {prop} (country in Southeast Asia)
|
:: Víetnam
|
Vietnam War {prop} (war that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1955 and 1975)
|
:: Víetnamstríðið {n}
|
view {n} (something to look at)
|
:: útsýni {n}
|
Viking {n} (One of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors)
|
:: víkingur {m}
|
vile {adj} (morally low)
|
:: viðbjóðslegur, andstyggilegur
|
villa {n} (a house used as a retreat)
|
:: villa {f}
|
village {n} (a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town)
|
:: þorp {n}
|
vim {n} (ready vitality and vigour)
|
:: kjarkur {m}
|
vindictive {adj} (having a tendency to seek revenge)
|
:: hefnigjarn {m}, heiftrækinn {m}
|
vindictiveness {n} (a malevolent desire for revenge)
|
:: hefndarþorsti {m}
|
vinegar {n} (condiment)
|
:: edik {n}
|
vineyard {n} (grape plantation)
|
:: víngarður {m}
|
viola {n} (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
|
:: víóla {f}, lágfiðla {f}
|
violation {n} (rape) SEE: rape
|
::
|
violence {n} (extreme force)
|
:: ofsi {m}, offors {m}
|
violence {n} (action intended to cause destruction, pain or suffering)
|
:: ofbeldi {n}
|
violet {n} (colour)
|
:: fjólublár
|
violet {n} (plant)
|
:: fjóla {f}
|
violet {adj} (having a bluish-purple color)
|
:: fjólublár
|
Violet {prop} (female given name)
|
:: Vióletta {f}, Víóletta {f}
|
violin {n} (string instrument)
|
:: fiðla {f}
|
violoncello {n} (cello) SEE: cello
|
::
|
viper {n} (a poisonous snake in the family Viperidae)
|
:: höggormur {m}
|
Virgil {prop} (Roman writer)
|
:: Virgill {m}
|
virgin {n} (person who has never had sexual intercourse)
|
:: jómfrú {f} [referring to a woman], hrein mey {f} [referring to a woman], hreinn sveinn {m} [referring to a man]
|
virginal membrane {n} (hymen) SEE: hymen
|
::
|
Virginia {prop} (state)
|
:: Virginía {f}
|
Virgin Mary {prop} (mother of Christ)
|
:: María mey
|
virtual reality {n} (virtual reality)
|
:: sýndarveruleiki {m}
|
virtue signalling {n} (expressing an opinion to make oneself look virtuous)
|
:: dygðaskreyting {f}
|
virus {n} (infectious organism)
|
:: veira {f}
|
visa {n} (permit)
|
:: vegabréfsáritun
|
viscount {n} (a member of the peerage above a baron but below a count or earl)
|
:: vísigreifi {m}
|
vise {n} (two-jawed instrument for holding work)
|
:: skrúfstykki {n}
|
Vishnu {prop} (the god)
|
:: Visnjú
|
visit {v} (to go and meet (someone))
|
:: heimsækja
|
visit {v} (to avenge) SEE: avenge
|
::
|
visor {n} (mask) SEE: mask
|
::
|
visual arts {n} (art forms that are primarily visual in nature)
|
:: sjónlist {f}
|
vital {adj} (containing life) SEE: living
|
::
|
vitamin {n} (organic compound essential to human health)
|
:: vítamín {n}, fjörefni {n}
|
vitamin A {n} (any fat-soluble vitamin essential for vision)
|
:: A-vítamín {n}
|
vitamin C {n} (L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid)
|
:: C-vítamín {n}
|
vitamin E {n} (any of several fat-soluble vitamins)
|
:: E-vítamín {n}
|
vitamin F {n} (An early name for the essential fatty acids)
|
:: F-vítamín {n}
|
viva {interj} (long live ... !) SEE: long live
|
::
|
vixen {n} (attractive woman) SEE: fox
|
::
|
vlei {n} (marsh) SEE: marsh
|
::
|
Vltava {prop} (a major river in the Czech Republic)
|
:: Moldá {f}
|
Völuspá {prop} (first book of the Poetic Edda)
|
:: Völuspá
|
völva {n} (in Old Norse society, a female practitioner of magic divination and prophecy)
|
:: völva {f}
|
Vänern {prop} (Swedish lake)
|
:: Vænir {m}
|
vocabulary {n} (set of words a person knows)
|
:: orðaforði {m}
|
vocation {n} (calling)
|
:: köllun {f}
|
vocative {n} (grammatical case) SEE: vocative case
|
::
|
vocative case {n} (case of address)
|
:: ávarpsfall {n}
|
vodka {n} (clear distilled alcoholic liquor)
|
:: vodka {f}
|
voetsek {interj} (go away) SEE: go away
|
::
|
vogue {n} (the prevailing fashion or style)
|
:: tíska {f}
|
vogue {n} (popularity or a current craze)
|
:: tíska {f}, æði {n}
|
voice {n} (sound uttered by the mouth)
|
:: rödd {f}, málrómur {m}, rómur {m}, raust {f}
|
voice box {n} (larynx) SEE: larynx
|
::
|
voiced {adj} (sounded with vibration of the vocal cords)
|
:: raddaður
|
voiceless {adj} (lacking a voice, without vocal sound)
|
:: raddlaus
|
voiceless {adj} ((phonetics, of a consonant) spoken without vibration of the vocal cords)
|
:: óraddaður
|
Volapük {prop} (language)
|
:: vólapuk
|
volcano {n} (mountain containing a magma chamber)
|
:: eldfjall {n}, eldstöð {f}
|
vole {n}
|
:: vatnastúfa
|
Volga {prop} (longest river in Europe, flowing to the Caspian Sea)
|
:: Volga {f}
|
volleyball {n} (game)
|
:: blak {n}
|
volleyball {n} (ball used to play the game)
|
:: blakbolti {m}
|
volt {n} (unit of measure)
|
:: volt
|
voltage {n} (difference in electrostatic potential)
|
:: rafspenna {f}, spenna {f}, straumstyrkur {m}
|
volumetric analysis {n} (various analytical methods and techniques in which the amount of substance in a sample is determined by measuring volume)
|
:: rúmmálsefnagreining {f}
|
vomit {v} (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach)
|
:: æla, gubba, spúa, spýja, kasta upp
|
vortex {n} (whirlpool)
|
:: hringiða {f}
|
vortex {n} (anything involving violent or chaotic activity around some centre)
|
:: hringiða {f}
|
vortex {n} (anything which draws surrounding things)
|
:: hringiða {f}
|
vote {n} (formalised choice)
|
:: kosning {f}
|
vote {n} (instance of voting)
|
:: atkvæði {n}
|
vote {v} (assert a formalised choice)
|
:: kjósa
|
vow {v} (To make a vow)
|
:: strengja heit
|
vow {v} (To declare publicly that one made a vow)
|
:: strengja heit
|
vowel {n} (sound)
|
:: sérhljóð {n}
|
vowel {n} (letter)
|
:: sérhljóði {m}
|
voyager {n} (traveller) SEE: traveller
|
::
|
vulgar fraction {n} (fraction with two integers) SEE: common fraction
|
::
|
vulnerability {n} (security vulnerability) SEE: hole
|
::
|
vulnerable {adj} (exposed to attack)
|
:: særanlegur, viðkvæmur
|
vulture {n} (bird)
|
:: gammur {m}, gæsagammur {m}, hrægammur {m}
|
vulva {n} (collectively the external female sexual organs)
|
:: píka {?}, kvensköp {?}, sköp {?}
|