Norwegian–English dictionary

skjærsilden

(Christianity) An intermediate state after death in which some of those ultimately destined for Heaven must first undergo purification.

skje

(transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.

skjeblad

(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

skjebne

That which happens without human design or forethought.

skjebnebestemt

(rare, archaic) Proceeding from, or appointed by, fate or destiny.

skjebnesvanger

(rare, archaic) Foreboding death or great disaster.

skjede

The sheath of a sword.

skjegg

Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.

skjekle

To walk shakily or unsteadily; to stagger; move as if drunk or not in control of oneself.

skjelden

Very uncommon; scarce.

skjelett

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

skjell

Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.

skjelle

(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

skjelle ut

(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]

skjellende

Marked by harsh abuse; abusive, often with ranting or railing.

skjelm

(often, humorous) A mischievous child. [from 17th c.]

skjemme

(transitive) To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.

skjemmes

To feel ashamed. (This entry is a translation hub.)

skjendig

Bringing or warranting disgrace; shameful.

skjene

(intransitive) To tilt or lean while in motion. [from late 19th c.]

skjenke

To impart (something) gratuitously; to present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or an honour; to confer, to give, to accord; to render.

skjenne

(ambitransitive) To rebuke angrily.

skjensel

Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation.

skjeppe

A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

skjerf

A long, often knitted, garment worn around the neck.

skjerm

The informational viewing area of electronic devices, where output is displayed.

skjerme

(ambitransitive) To protect, to defend.

skjev

Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.

skjorte

(clothing) An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

skjønnmale

(intransitive) To use euphemistic language or circumlocution.

skjør

Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly.

skjørbuk

(uncountable, disease) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes; (countable, obsolete) an occurrence of this disease.

skjult

(medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.

skli

(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.

skodde

(uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.

skog

A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

skogbruk

(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.

skogholt

Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.

skogshøns

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]

skogsyre

(gardening) Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis

skogvokter

(forestry) A person who practices forestry.

skole

(transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

skolere

(transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).

skolisse

A lace used for fastening a shoe.

skolopender

Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.

skomaker

A person who makes shoes.

skonnert

(watercraft) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

skorpe

A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.

skorpion

Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.

Skorpionen

(astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

skott

(nautical) A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.

skotte

A person born in or native to Scotland.

Skottland

A constituent country of the United Kingdom, located in northwest Europe to the north of England.

skøyte

The act of roller skating or ice skating

skrall

A loud sound.

skralle

To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet.

skrangle

A baby’s toy designed to make sound when shaken, usually containing loose grains or pellets in a hollow container. [from 16th c.]

skranglet

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

skråning

An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.

skrant

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

skrape

(metalworking) To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

skratte

(intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.

skravere

To mark or fill with a crosshatch pattern.

skred

A fall of earth, rocks, etc., similar to that of an avalanche of snow or ice.

skrelle

(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

skremt

Feeling fear; afraid, frightened.

skrense

(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.

skrev

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

skrift

(uncountable) The process of representing a language with symbols or letters.

skrifte

(religion) To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution.

skriftlig

Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).

skrike

(intransitive, also, figuratively) To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.

skrinn

Thin, malnourished, and weak.

skritt

The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.

skrittbeskytter

(sports) An athletic supporter worn by men and boys to support the genitals during strenuous exercise.

skrive

(transitive) To write (an article, a book, etc.).

skrivemåte

(countable) A specific spelling of a word.

skriver

(computer hardware) A device, usually attached to a computer, used to print text or images onto paper; an analogous device capable of producing three-dimensional objects.

skru

(soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.

skrubbe

A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).

skrujern

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

skrukketroll

Any of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea, which have a rigid, segmented exoskeleton, often being capable of rolling into a ball, and feed only on dead plant matter, usually living in damp, dark places, such as under stones or bark.

skrulle

(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, derogatory, colloquial) A gay man; especially one who is effeminate.

skrutrekker

A hand tool or power tool which engages with the head of a screw and allows torque to be applied to turn the screw, thus driving it in or loosening it.

skryte

(intransitive) Of an animal (now chiefly of animals related to the ass or donkey, and the camel): to make its cry.

skubbe

(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.

skudd

A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

skue

To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.

skuespiller

A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer. [from 16th c.]

skuespillerinne

(now, _, rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). [from 16th c.]

skuff

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

skuffelse

(countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.

skuffet

Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.

skulder

The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

skulderveske

A bag or case with one or two shoulder straps, especially used to carry books etc.

skulke

(ambitransitive) To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

skult

(skeleton) The main bones of the head considered as a unit; including the cranium, facial bones, and mandible.

skum

A substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially:

skumlese

(transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.

skumme

(transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.

skummel

Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.

skumre

(intransitive) To begin to lose light or whiteness; to grow dusk.

skumring

The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period.

skunk

Any of various small mammals, of most genera of the family Mephitidae, native to North and Central America, having a glossy black with a white coat and two musk glands at the base of the tail for emitting a noxious smell as a defensive measure.

skure

(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.

skvadron

(military, historical, army) A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.

skvalpe

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

skvalpeskott

To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle. [from 17th c.]

skvetting

An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.

skvulpe

(intransitive, of a liquid) To shift chaotically; to splash noisily.

sky

(transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.

skye

(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, or obscured from sight.

skygge

To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

skyggelue

(obsolete) A respectful uncovering of the head.

skyld

A mistake or error.

skylde

(transitive, usually followed by "for") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame; to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).

skyldner

(economics) A person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.

skylle

(transitive) To remove soap from (something) using water.

skynde

(intransitive) To do things quickly.

skyskraper

(architecture) A very tall building with a large number of floors. [from 1880s]

skyte ut

(intransitive) To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.

skyteskår

(historical) A slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light.

skytte

(astrology) Someone with a Sagittarius star sign.

slå

To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

slå av

(transitive) To turn off the sound of.

slå ned

To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]

slå til

(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.

sladder

(uncountable) Idle talk about someone’s private or personal matters, especially about someone not present.

sladre

(slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.

slag

(military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.

slagg

Impurities formed and separated out when a metal is smelted from ore; vitrified cinders.

slaglengde

The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.

slagmark

The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.

slagsmål

A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used).

slakte

(transitive) To disparage; to belittle; to put down; to harshly criticize, especially a work (book, movie, etc.)

slange

(countable) A flexible tube conveying water or other fluid.

slank

(of a person or animal) Slim; not fleshy.

slapp

Flaccid; flabby, resembling flesh.

slaps

Half-melted snow or ice, generally located on the ground.

slask

(informal, derogatory) A lazy and slovenly or obese person.

slåss

(transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.

slåsskamp

A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

slav

A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.

slegge

A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

sleide

A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.

sleike

(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.

sleip

Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

slektning

Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.

slektsforskning

(uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

slentre

(intransitive) To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.