til prep /adv
A. prep (gen)
1. (um hreyfingu/of movement) to, towards
~ Íslands
to Iceland
fara ~ e-rs
go visit sby
ætlarðu að koma ~ mín í kvöld?
will you call by this evening? will you visit me this evening?
2. (um afstöðu/of position)
~ sveita
(out) in the country
~ lands og sjávar
on land and at sea
~ hægri
on/towards the right
afstaða hans ~ þessa máls
his attitude to this question, his position on this issue
3. (um tilgang, ástæðu/of purpose, reason) for, to
~ hvers?
what for? to what end?
~ sölu
for sale
~ gamans
for fun
gera e-m e-ð ~ geðs
do sth to please sby
það er ekki ~ neins, það er ~ einskis
it is pointless
~ skýringar
as an explanation, by way of explanation
~ þess að
in order to, so that
4. (um tíma/of time) up to, until
~ áramóta
until the new year
~ skamms tíma
until recently
~ þessa
up to now, until recently
áður en ~ þess kemur
before it gets to that
5. phrases
~ jafnaðar
on the average
~ muna
to a considerable extent
gera e-ð ~ hálfs
half-do sth
~ minningar um
in memory of
B. adv
tvær sneiðar ~
two more slices
sunnan ~ á nesinu
on the south part of the headland
fjallið er bratt norðan ~
the north side of the mountain is steep
að sumri ~
in the summer
~ og frá
to and fro, back and forth
eiga e-ð ~
have sth in stock
gera hvorki ~ né frá
be neither here nor there, make little difference
það gerir ekkert ~
that makes no difference, it doesn't matter at all
vera ~ í e-ð
agree to do sth, go along with sth
vera fyrstur ~
be the first, get there first
er e-ð ~ í þessu?
is there anything to this? is there any truth in this?
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