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1veg/ur m (-ar or -s, -ir)

1. (braut) road, way
segja e-m til ~ar
show sby the way, give sby directions
2. (vegalengd) distance
um langan ~
over a long distance
3. (möguleiki) possibility
það er enginn ~~
it is impossible
ef það er vinnandi ~~
if it is at all possible
4. (háttur) way
á ýmsa ~u
in many ways
5. (hlið) side
á þrjá ~u
on three sides
6. phrases
alla ~a(na)
in any case, anyhow
á annan ~
differently, in a different manner
annars ~ar . . . hins ~ar
on the one hand . . . on the other hand
honum eru allir ~ir færir
he can do anything he likes
víðs ~ar um landið
in many parts of the country
engan ~inn
by no means, not at all, in no way
nokkurn ~inn
more or less
á einn ~
in the same way
vera á ~um e-rs
1) be under sby's protection
2) work for sby
koma í ~ fyrir e-ð
prevent sth
vera í þann ~inn að gera e-ð
be about to do sth
standa í ~i fyrir e-u
hinder sth
leggja orð hans út á verri ~
give an adverse interpretation to his words
það er ekki úr ~i
it would be appropriate

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