Norwegian–English dictionary

blits

A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.

blodhund

(archaic) A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.

blodig

Covered with blood; very bloody.

blodpudding

(originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.

blodsuger

(figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.

blogg

(Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)

blogger

(blogging) A contributor to a blog (from weblog) or online journal.

blokk

The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.

blokkere

To keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port.

blokkfløyte

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

blomst

(botany) A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens and/or a pistil.

blomsterbunn

(botany) The part of the flower stalk (peduncle or pedicel) to which the floral parts are attached; a thalamus, a torus.

blomsterstand

(botany) A group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.

blomstre

(intransitive) To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly, to flourish.

blond

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

blondine

(countable) A person with this hair color.

blottstille

(intransitive) To remove a veil; to reveal oneself.

blø

(intransitive, of a person, animal or body part) To shed blood through an injured blood vessel.

blødning

A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

bløt

(of water) Low in dissolved calcium compounds.

bløtaktig

(often, derogatory, of a man or boy) Exhibiting behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a woman; unmasculine.

bløtgjøre

(transitive) To make something soft or softer.

bløthjertet

Easily moved to sorrow or pity.

blunke

(transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)

bluse

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

blyant

A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]

blyg

Humble, non-boastful, modest, meager, or self-effacing.

Bob

A en given name.

boble

(UK, Australia, NZ) A small car, the Volkswagen Beetle (original version made 1938–2003, similar models made 1997–2010 and since 2011).

bod

A room used for storage.

Böhmen

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

bokettersyn

An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures

bokhandel

A business that sells books.

bokhylle

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.

bokmerke

A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.

Bokn

(figurative) Any proverbially distant or remote place.

boks

A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid.

boksing

(sports) A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.

bokstav

A symbol in an alphabet.

bolide

An extremely bright meteor.

Bolivia

A country in South America. Official name: Plurinational State of Bolivia. Capitals: La Paz and Sucre.

bolsjevik

(historical) A Russian communist revolutionary, a member of the Bolshevik Party in the Communist Revolution of Russia in 1917.

bombe

An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

bombekaster

(countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories. [from 20th c.]

bomme

(transitive, colloquial) To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.

bomvei

(chiefly, US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.

Bonaventura

A surname transferred from the given name.

bonde

(chess) The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.

bondetamp

(US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.

bondsk

Of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.

boområder

A formal or informal division of a municipality or region.

bor

The chemical element (symbol B) with an atomic number of 5, which is a metalloid found in its pure form as a dark amorphous powder.

bord

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.

bordbønn

(countable) A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal.

bordduk

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

borde

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

Bordet

(constellation) A summer constellation of the southern sky, originally named after Table Mountain in South Africa. It lies between the constellations of Hydrus and Volans.

bore

(intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

boreal barskog

A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.

boremaskin

The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.

borg

A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.

borger

A legally recognized member of a state, with associated rights and obligations; a person considered in terms of this role. [from 14th c.]

borgermester

(Ireland, rare, obsolete) A member of a city council.

borgtårn

(historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.

Borneo

A Pacific island shared by Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; the world’s third largest island.

borrelås

A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart.

borte

Specifically, away from home or one's usual place.

bortenfor

Beyond in place or quantity

bortgang

(euphemism) A death.

bortsett fra

Unless something happens; excepting; in the absence of.

bosnisk

Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.

bot

A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.

Botswana

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

bøddel

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

bøffel

An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Syncerus caffer, or the water buffalo, Bubalus bubalis.

bøg

(colloquial) Not heterosexual, not allosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.

Bøhmen

A cultural region in the west of the former Czechoslovakia and present-day Czech Republic.

bøk

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

bøkker

A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.

bølgedal

A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.

bøling

Certain other livestock, such as sheep, pigs or goats. Also rarely applied to horses.

bølle

A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person, particularly one who is dim-witted. [from 17th c.]

bønne

Any plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.

bønne-ost

A protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk.

børse

A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.

bøtelegge

(transitive) To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).

bøtende

curative; providing a remedy

bøtler

The chief male servant of a household who has charge of other employees, receives guests, directs the serving of meals, and performs various personal services.

bøye

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

bøyelig

Able to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.

bøylesaks

A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.

bra

(informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.

bragd

A heroic or extraordinary deed.

brainstorming

A method of problem solving in which members of a group contribute ideas spontaneously.

bråk

Fitful noise and violence.

bråke

To speak or protest loudly.

bråkjøle

(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

bråkmaker

One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.

brann

(countable) The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.

brannmann

(firefighting) Someone (especially one who is male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.

brannstiftelse

The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.

Brasil

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

brasilianer

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

bråsint

Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.

Bratislava

The region of Slovakia that includes the city of Bratislava.

bratsj

A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

bratt

Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

bratwurst

A small pork sausage, usually served fried.

bredbånd

(Internet) An Internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies such as ADSL or a cable modem.

bredt

extensively

bregne

Any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants classified in the division Pteridophyta that lack seeds and reproduce by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.

breiflabb

An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.

breke

To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.

brekke seg

(transitive, intransitive, medicine) To evacuate (the bowels or the stomach); to defecate or vomit.

brekkjern

An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.

bremse

(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.

brennbar

Capable of burning.

brenne

(chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.

brennemerke

(transitive) To stigmatize, label (someone).

brennende iver

(American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

brenning

The act of burning something with fire.

brensel

Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.

Bretagne

An administrative region of northwest France, including most of the historic region of Brittany. [from 20th c.]

bretangsk

(uncountable) The Celtic language of Brittany.

bretonsk

Of, from or relating to the region of Brittany, France.

brett

A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.

bretting

An act of folding.

brev

A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.

brevkort

(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

brikke

(idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.

briljant

A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.

brilleseddel

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.

bringe

A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.

bris

A light, gentle wind.

brisen

(informal, slang) Slightly drunk, fuddled, staggering, foolish as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages.

britisk

(historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.

brodd

A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.

brodere

To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.

brok

(chiefly, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Philippines) An outer garment that covers the body from the waist downwards, covering each leg separately, usually as far as the ankles; trousers. [from 19th c.]

brokk

(diseases) A disorder in which a part of the body protrudes abnormally through a tear or opening in an adjacent part, especially of the abdomen.

brokkoli

A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable.

bromid

(inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.

bronkitt

(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.

bronsefarget

Having a reddish-brown colour.

brors

(transitive) To treat as a brother.

brorskap

An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

brosje

A piece of ornamental jewellery having a pin allowing it to be fixed to garments worn on the upper body.

brødtekst

A short description of a book, film, or other work, written and used for promotional purposes.

brøk

(arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).

brøkdel

A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.