heavy rains

heavy rainfalls

heavy rains

heavy rain

heavy rainfall

rain storm

rain storms

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[Swahili Word] mvua

[Swahili Plural] mvua

[English Word] rain

[English Plural] rains

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Swahili Example] mvua inanyesha

[English Example] it is raining

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua

[Swahili Plural] mvua

[English Word] rainfall

[English Plural] rainfalls

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Swahili Example] Mvua ya mwaka mzima kwa wastani ni kama inchi 40 hivi [Masomo 5]

[English Example] The average yearly rainfall is approximately 40 inches.

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] -nyesha mvua

[English Word] rain

[Part of Speech] verb

[Related Words] nyesha

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] -pepea mvua

[English Word] beat (rain)

[Part of Speech] verb

[Related Words] pepea

[Swahili Example] mvua inapepea

[English Example] the rain beats

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua ya mawe

[Swahili Plural] mvua za mawe

[English Word] hail

[English Plural] hail

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] wakati wa mvua

[Swahili Plural] nyakati za mvua

[English Word] rainy season

[English Plural] rainy seasons

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 11/10

[Related Words] wakati

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[Swahili Word] mvua kubwa

[Swahili Plural] mvua kubwa

[English Word] heavy rain

[English Plural] heavy rains

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Related Words] kubwa

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua kubwa

[Swahili Plural] mvua kubwa

[English Word] cloudburst

[English Plural] cloudbursts

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Related Words] kubwa

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua kali

[Swahili Plural] mvua kali

[English Word] heavy rain

[English Plural] heavy rains

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Derived Language] Swahili

[Derived Word] mvua

[Related Words] kali

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua nyingi

[Swahili Plural] mvua nyingi

[English Word] cloudburst

[English Plural] cloudbursts

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Related Words] nyingi

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua ya mwaka

[Swahili Plural] mvua za mwaka

[English Word] light rain (usually in August)

[English Plural] light rains

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10

[Related Words] mwaka

[Terminology] meteorology

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[Swahili Word] mvua

[Swahili Plural] mivua

[English Word] bellows

[English Plural] bellows

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

[Related Words] vukuta

[Swahili Example] vukuta mivua

[English Example] blow/work bellows

[Note] usually plural in both Swahili and English

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I v/refl stir, move; Gefühl: stir; reg dich! come on, move (it)!, get a move on! umg.; kein Lüftchen regte sich there wasn’t a breath of wind in the air; bald regte sich erster Widerspruch soon the first signs of opposition arose; sich regen bringt Segen Sprichw. effort brings reward, no gain without pain; siehe auch rühren

II v/t (Finger etc.) move; (Blätter) stir

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rain; rainfall

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m -s, -

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1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) rain

2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) rain

3) (anything resembling such a fall of rain: a shower of sparks; a shower of bullets.) shower

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m rain

sicher bekommen wir bald \Regen we are sure to get rain soon

saurer \Regen acid rain

bei [o in] strömendem \Regen in [the] pouring rain

▶ jdn im \Regen stehen lassen (fam) to leave sb in the lurch

▶ vom \Regen in die Traufe kommen [o geraten] (prov) to jump out of the frying pan into the fire prov

▶ ein warmer \Regen (fam) a windfall

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1) rain

2) (fig.) shower

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Regen m; -s, -, meist sg; METEO rain;

leichter/starker Regen light/heavy rain;

bei strömendem Regen in pouring rain;

es sieht nach Regen aus it looks like rain;

heute kriegen wir noch Regen we’re in for some rain today;

wir sind in den Regen gekommen we got caught in the rain;

ein Regen von Konfetti/Blüten a shower of confetti/blossoms;

ein warmer Regen fig a windfall;

jemanden im Regen stehen lassen fig leave sb in the lurch;

vom Regen in die Traufe kommen jump out of the frying pan into the fire;

auf Regen folgt Sonnenschein sprichw every cloud has a silver lining; → sauer A

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1) rain

2) (fig.) shower

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rain n.

(n.) = gust of wind, blast

Ex. A gust of wind flung a powder of snow from the window-sill into the room.

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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strong wind.

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(n.) = strong wind

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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(n.) = blast

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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(n.) = blast

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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gale.

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► nombre masculino

1 strong wind, gale

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SM (=ventarrón) gale, strong wind; (fig) storm

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masculino gale, strong wind

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= gale, windstorm, blast.

Ex. Forecasters hope holidaymakers will gain some respite in time for tonight's festivities, but cannot rule out frequent showers and gales.

Ex. A hipped roof is stronger in windstorms than a gabled one.

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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masculino gale, strong wind

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gale, strong wind

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vendaval nm

gale

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m gale

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vendaval nm

: gale, strong wind

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vendaval n gale

1 gust of wind (viento).

2 wild idea (informal) (idea extravagante).

le ha dado la ventolera de hacerlo she has taken it into her head to do it

3 windiness, lot of wind.

4 boastfulness, arrogance.

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► nombre femenino

1 (golpe) gust of wind

2 figurado caprice, whim

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darle a uno la ventolera de hacer algo to take it into one's head to do something

darle a uno la ventolera por to take a fancy to

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1) (=ráfaga) gust of wind, blast

2) (=juguete) windmill

3) * (=capricho) whim, wild idea

4) (=vanidad) vanity, conceit; (=satisfacción) smugness; (=arrogancia) arrogance; (=jactancia) boastfulness

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femenino gust of wind

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= blast.

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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femenino gust of wind

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gust of wind

darle a algn la ventolera ( fam): le dio la ventolera y se largó he just upped and left ( colloq)

le dio la ventolera de casarse y se casó he suddenly decided that he ought to get married and that's just what he did

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ventolera nf

1. [viento] gust of wind

2. Fam [idea extravagante] wild idea;

le ha dado la ventolera de hacerlo she has taken it into her head to do it;

como le dé la ventolera se irá when the mood takes him he'll up and go

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f gust of wind;

le dio la ventolera de … fam he took it into his head to …

hurricane wind, violent wind.

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(adj.) = hurricane-force wind, strong wind

Ex. High-rise buildings are also vulnerable to hurricane-force winds, particularly at the higher levels since wind speed tends to increase with height.

Ex. Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed Victoria overnight and into the day in a wintry blast that has felled trees and damaged homes.

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(stœri or stœrri, stœrstr), a.

1) big, great, of size (stórr fiskr, stórt dýr);

stór veðr, rough weather, great gales;

stór sær, high sea;

gørði þá stórt á firðinum, the sea rose high;

2) great, potent (at hann skyldi varast at gøra Ólaf eigi of stóran);

3) great, important (tillagagóðr hinna stœrri mála);

4) proud (fann hann þat brátt á Sigríði, at hón var heldr stór).

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adj., compar. stæri or stærri, superl. stærstr, i. e. stœri, stœrstr; [a word peculiar to the Northern languages, from which it has entered into the Finnish; A. S. stôr; Engl. sturdy; North. E. stordy]:—the original sense seems to be ‘stirred,’ ‘disturbed’ (cp. III), but it is only used in the sense big, great, of size; ein stærst, Fms. iii. 123; bein miklu stærri, Eg. 769; stórir járnrekendr, Sks. 457; stórir askar, Eg. 204; stór héruð, 275; stór veðr, [cp. Shetl. stoor], rough weather, great gales, Ld. 50; stórr sær, a high sea, Sks.; stór, stæri sár, Nj. 153; stærst hof hér á landi, Landn. 335 (Mantissa); í stórum töskum, Hkr. iii. 244.

II. metaph. great, potent; við alla ena stærri menn, Ld. 124; mæltu at hann skyldi göra Ólaf eigi of stóran, Fms. i. 99; at hann görisk eigi of stórr, Eg. 50; gör þik eigi stærra enn þú átt kyn til, Fms. xi. 236; hve marga (aura) ok hve stóra, Grág. i. 136.

2. great, important; enna stærri mála, Nj. 2.

3. proud; bændr vóru þar því stærri enn annarsstaðar, at engi vildi til koma, Fms. iv. 112: Sigríð kona hans var heldr stór, v. 30 (skap-stórr, Ó. H. l. c.)

III. neut., görði þá stórt á firðinum, the sea rose high, Eg. 60; tíðendi þau er honum lægi svá stórt við, Fms. xi. 102; höggva stórt, to strike hard, Nj. 53.

IV. adverbial phrases, stórum, very greatly, much; svá at ek finna stórum, Ísl. ii. 343; stórum stauplar nú yfir, Fs. 153; þat berr stórum, it amounts to much, Fms. ii. 37; ætla ek stærum bera hin laga-brotin, vii. 305; stórum ríkr, very mighty, Hkr. iii. 244; stórum vinsæll, Fms. vii. 102; stórum feginn, Eg. 567; stórum sköruligt, Ld. 106. 2. stærrum, more, in a greater degree; skjótara ok stærum, Sks. 71; gefit hefir þú mér stærum, Fms. vii. 56; eigi stærum né smærum, neither more nor less, Grág. i. 241. 3. stórs, adv.; ekki stórs of ökla upp, Bs. i. 349. 4. stóru-gi, adv. much, greatly, Ísl. ii. 384; see -gi.

B. In COMPDS, and with nouns, stór-, like smár-, is chiefly prefixed to nouns in plur. or in a collective sense: stór-auðigr, adj. very wealthy, Landn. 68, Eg. 2, 23, Fms. xi. 293, Hdl. 39. stór-ár, f. pl. great waters, Stj. 87, Rb. 350. stór-beinóttr, adj. bony, coarse-faced, Eb. 30, Fas. i. 173. stór-blót, n. pl. great sacrifices, Fms. v. 164. stór-bokkar, m. pl. ‘big bucks,’ lordlings, mighty and overbearing men, Eb. 334, Fms. viii. 238 (spelt bukkar), xi. 260, Bs. i. 621. stór-borgir, f. pl. big towns, Róm. 264. stór-borinn, part. high-born, Hkr. i. 243, Bær. 14. stór-brögðóttr, adj. very sly, Hðm. 13. stór-burðigr, adj. = stórborinn, Fas. ii. 474, v. l. stór-bú, n. pl. great estates, Eg. 170, Fms. i. 13. stór-bygðir, f. pl. large counties, settlements, Ó. H. 174. stór-byssur, f. pl. big catapults, Fas. iii. 428, v. l.: big guns. stór-bæir, m. pl. great estates, Hkr. i. 20. stór-bændr, m. pl. great freeholders, Fms. ii. 40, Orkn. 136, Sturl. i. 37. stór-deildir, f. pl. great differences, quarrels, Sturl. i. 140, iii. 7. stór-deilur, f. pl. id., Sturl. i. 140 C. stór-draumar, m. pl. portentous dreams, Sturl. ii. 204 C. stór-efli, n., in stór-eflis-menn, m. pl. mighty men, Fms. xi. 7, 13, Gísl. 55, Háv. 50, Glúm. 37. stór-efni, n. pl. important cases, N. G. L. stór-eignir, f. pl. great landed estates, Hkr. iii. 19; stóreigna maðr, a great landowner, Ísl. ii. 202. stór-erviði, n. severe toil, hard work, Sturl. iii. 65. stór-eyjar, f. pl. great islands, Fms. vii. 85. stór-fé, n. great wealth, Nj. 178, Eg. 75, Fms. ix. 320; stórfjár ok dýrgripa, vii. 186. stór-feginn, adj. very fain or glad, Ver. 19, Bret. 46, Fms. xi. 29. stór-fengr, adj. gross, huge; hann var s. ok auðigr, Sturl. i. 8; föður átta ek heldr stórfengan, Brand. 62; stórfeng kýr, a good milch cow, Bs. i. 194. stór-fetaðr, part. long-striding, taking great steps, Fas. ii. 348; s. hestr, Edda 57. stór-fetr, adj. id., Greg. 17. stór-firðir, m. pl. big firths, Fb. iii. 446. stór-fiskar, m. pl. big fishes (whales). Fas. ii. 113. stór-fjaðrar, f. pl. big feathers, Sks. 114. stór-fjarri, adv. very far, Lex. Poët. stór-fjöllóttr, adj. with great fells, Eb. 8. stór-flokkar, m. pl. great ‘flocks,’ large detachments, Ó. H. 208. stór-frörar, m. pl. ice-fields, Grett. (in a verse). stór-fuglar, m. pl. big birds, El. 2. stór-fundir, m. pl. great meetings, great battles, Nj. 107. stór-föt, n. pl. big clothes, Glúm. 390. stór-geðr (- geðjaðr), adj. great-minded. Lex. Poët.: = stórgætr (?), Bs. i. 606. stór-gjafar, f. pl. great, lordly, rich gifts, Nj. 151, Fms. vii. 2. stór-gjöfull, adj. munificent, Hkr. i. 291, Fms. viii. 238, Bs. i. 81, Magn. 464. stór-gjöld, n. pl. heavy fines, Fms. i. 66. stór-glæpir, m. pl. great crimes, Fms. vii. 261, Stat. 260, Sks. 773. stórglæpa-maðr, m. a great criminal, Stj. 40. stór-glæpligr, adj. highly criminal, Sks. 773. stór-gnípur, f. pl. huge peaks, mountains, Fas. ii. 76. stór-góz, n. a great property, Bs. i. 853. stór-grýti, n. pl. big stones, rocks, Mag. stór-grýttr, adj. rocky, stony, Fms. xi. 239. stór-gættingar, m. pl. magnates, 623. 32, Al. 16. stór-görr, part. of great size, Lex. Poët. stór-hagr, adj. very skilled, handy, Fas. ii. 347. stór-heimsligr, adj. ‘big-foolish,’ grossly foolish, 625. 73. stór-heit, n. pl. great vows, Bs. i. 421, Fms. ix. 387. stór-héruð, n. pl. great districts, Stj. 83, MS. 655 xvi. A. 3, Ó. H. 125. stór-hlutir, m. pl. great things, Fms. vii. 136: in an evil sense, great sins, MS. 671. 16, N. G. L. i. 459. stór-hræddr, adj. much afraid, Fbr. 149. stór-huga, adj. aiming high, aspiring. stór-hugaðr, adj. high-minded, proud, Am. 72, Stj. stór-hvalir, m. pl. big whales, Sks. 122. stór-hveli, n. id., Fas. ii. 78. stór-höfðingjar, m. pl. great magnates, Fms. vii. 206, 209, Hkr. ii. 140, Barl. 127, Sks. 6. stór-höggr, adj. dealing heavy blows, Fms. xi. 131, Landn. 69, Fb. ii. 128. stór-ílla, adv. very badly, Grett. 120, Fms. i. 12, Fb. i. 411. stór-íllr, adj. very bad, Fms. ix. 393, Lv. 68. stór-jarteinir, f. pl. great wonders, Stj. 289. stór-kappar, m. pl. great champions, Fas. ii. 481. stór-katlar, m. pl. big kettles, Fms. x. 29. stór-kaup, n. pl. wholesale buying. stórkaup-maðr, m. a wholesale dealer, Fb. ii. 75. stór-keralda, að, in a pun, Krók. 63, 64. stór-kerti, n. pl. geat tapers, Flóv. 35. stór-keröld, n. pl. large vats, Dipl. v. 18. stór-klæki, n. pl. great wickedness, Band. 38 new Ed., Ó. H. 217. stór-kostliga, adv. in grand style, Bs. i. 645. stór-kostligr, adj. grand; bær s., Ó. H. 66; s. gjafir, Sturl. i. 48: colossal, Fb. i. 522. stór-kvikendi, n. pl. great beasts, Stj. 70. stór-kvæði, n. pl. great poems, Skálda 205. stór-langr, adj. very long, Eb. 24. stór-látr, adj. proud, haughty, Fms. i. 2: munificent, Fs. 51, Al. 70: not content with a little (opp. to smá-látr), Eg. 17, Fms. vi. 368. stór-leiði, n. a long way, Bs. i. 458. stór-leikr, m. presumption, pride, Fms. iv. 206, Ölk. 34, Stj. 537. stór-leitr, adj. big-faced, Sturl. ii. 99. stór-lendur, f. pl. great lands, Bs. i. 226. stór-liga, adv. greatly, very, Bret. 24, Eg. 57: proudly, Edda. 30; svara s., Fms. i. 3; mæla s., vi. 246, x. 194. stór-ligana, adv. = stórliga, Stj., MS. 227, passim. stór-ligr, adj. great, Eg. 46. stór-ljótr, adj. very ugly, Glúm. 387. stór-lokkar, m. pl. long locks, Fas. i. 173. stór-lyndi, f. magnanimity, Fms. vii. 198, Hkr. iii. 245; sína s., Fms. vii. 96. stór-lyndr, adj. magnanimous, Fms. vii. 98; high-spirited, Nj. 18, Fs. 129, Grett. 158. stór-læti, n. liberality, Ld. 30, Fms. x. 235: pride, v. 71, Ölk. 34. stór-lönd, n. pl. great counties, Fms. iv. 140. stór-mannliga, adv. (-ligr, adj.), like a grand man, munificently, Fs. 15, Ísl. ii. 337, Eg. 62, Fms. xi. 244. stór-mannligr, adj. magnificent, Fs. 11, 30, Fms. ii. 133, vi. 13, xi. 321. stór-margr, adj. very many, Eg. 219. stór-mál, n. pl. great suits; standa í stórmálum, Nj. 227, Fs. 29, Vápn. 22. stór-mein, n. pl. great evils, Fs. 44. stór-meizl, n. pl. great injuries, Sturl. ii. 49. stór-menni, n. great men, men of rank, Eg. 30, Fs. 11, Fms. i. 31, vi. 19, Ó. H. 71: great folk, Bárð. 172; frá Birni bunu er komit nær allt s. á Íslandi, Landn. 39: a liberal man, Sturl. i. 4, 9, Eg. 38, 198: a big man, giant, Edda 33. stór-mennska, u, f. greatness, munificence, Fms. xi. 19, 293, Fs. 15, passim; meir af stór-mennsku enu forsjá, Bs. i. 83. stórmennsku-fullr, adj. munificent. stór-merki, n. pl. wonderful things, great wonders; Guðs s., Edda (pref.), Fms. i. 133, Magn. 534, Symb. 29; hvat er fleira stórmerkja frá askinum, Edda. stór-merkiliga, adv. wonderfully, Mar. stór-merkiligr, adj. wonderful, Mar. stór-mikill, adj. huge, immense, Lv. 68, Eg. 59, Fms. i. 63, vii. 79, 278. stór-mjök, adv. very much, immensely, Fms. vii. 110, Fb. 1. 411, Bret. 54. stór-mæli, n. pl. great affairs; standa í stórmælum, Nj. 224: grave affairs, þau s. er ek hefi mót yðrum vilja brotið, Orkn. 118; eccl. the greater excommunication, hafði biskup í stórmælum ( in ban) tvá höfðingja, Sturl. ii. 2; lýsa stórmælum yfir, to excommunicate, iii. 201; biskup vildi ekki með hann tala, þvíat hann var í stórmælum, Bs. i. 286, 490, Stat. 260, Anecd. 8, 26. stór-nauðsynjar, f. pl. hard necessity, Gþl. 27, 352. stór-nær, adv. very nigh, Bs. i. 21. stór-orðr, adj. using big words, Fms. i. 75, xi. 94; stórort kvæði ok úfagrt, a big-worded, high-sounding poem, Ísl. ii. 237. stór-ráð, n. pl. great undertakings, Fms. i. 83. stór-ráða-samr, adj. daring, venturesome, Grett. 158. stór-ráðr, adj. ambitious; stórráð ok ráðgjörn, Fms. x. 220; s. ok ágjarn, vii. 28, Orkn. 144; a nickname, Sigríðr stórráða, cp. Lat. superbus. stór-ref-singar, f. pl. severe punishment. Fms. vii. 36. stór-regn, n. pl. heavy rains. Fms. viii. 202. stór-reki, m. ‘big-wreck’ big pieces of jetsum; allan stórreka, opp. to smáreki, Vm. 129. stór-riðinn, part. with big meshes, of a net. stór-ritaðr, part. written in large letters, Pm. 125. stór-ríki, n. pl. great empires, Bs. ii. 43. stór-ríkr, adj. very powerful, Ísl. ii. 202, v. l. stór-ræði, n. pl. daring, dangerous, great undertakings, Gþl. (pref. vi), Nj. 66, Fms. i. 83, vi. 10, 37, viii. 120, Sks. 746. stórræða-maðr, m. a man of great aims. Fms. ix. 283. stór-rök, n. pl. mighty events, Hom. 55. stór-sakar, f. pl. great offences. Fms. ii. 4, 33, Ld. 172. stór-samligr, adj. severe, Sks. 49. stór-sár, n. pl. grievous wounds, Fms. iii. 118. stór-skaðar, m. pl. great damage, Bs. i. 144. stór-skip, n. pl. great ships. Fms. vii. 259. stór-skorinn, part. huge, gaunt, Fb. i. 566; mikill vexti ok s., Bárð. 175; s. í andliti, Fb. i. 258; s. sem Goliath, Stj. 464; stórskorit höfuð, Grett. 83 new Ed. stór-skriptir, f. pl. heavy penances, K. Á. 192, H. E. i. 509; stórskripta-maðr, ii. 78. stór-skuldir, f. pl. great debts, Grág. i. 500. stór-slög, n. pl. great visitations, plagues, Stj. 268. stór-smiðr, m. a notable workman, Eg. 4. stór-smíði, n. pl. a huge, bulky work, Edda 19. stór-staðir, m. pl. great towns, Stj. 68; in Icel. or Norway of great church-prebends, Fms. vi. 157. stór-stígr, adj. long-striding. stór-straumr, m. a spring tide. stór-streymt, n. adj. = stórstraumr. stór-sveitir, f. pl. a large detachment., Fms. ix. 429. stór-syndir, f. pl. great sins, H. E. i. 521. stór-sæmdir, f. pl. great honours, Nj. 134, Fms. xi. 331. stór-sæti, n. pl. large ricks, Eb. 150, 224, Brandkr. 30. stór-tákn, n. pl. great wonders. Fms. i. 29, Stj. 261; sing., Bs. i. 42. stór-tignir, f. pl. high dignity, 625. 98. stór-tíðindi, n. pl. great tidings, great events, Fms. iii. 15, vi. 230, Nj. 195, Rb. 394, Sturl. i. 107 C; wonders, Edda 14, Fms. xi. 38. stór-tré, n. pl. huge beams, Karl. 448, Fms. x. 358, Krók. stóru-gi, see stórr (A. IV. 4). stór-úðigr, adj. high-minded, Hbl. 15, Valla L. stór-vandi, a, m. a great difficulty, Sturl. ii. 79. stór-vandræði, n. pl. id., Fms. vii. 25. stór-vegir, m. pl. broad roads, highways, Barl. 190. stór-vegligr, adj. very honourable, Hkr. ii. 100. stór-veizlur, f. pl. great banquets, Fms. i. 291. stór-vel, adv. right well, Eg. 60, 423, Ísl. ii. 382. stór-verk, n. pl. great deeds, Fms. v. 345. stór-viðaðr, adj. large timbered, Fms. ii. 218. stór-viðir, m. pl. great timbers, big beams, Fms. ii. 328, x. 361. Nj. 201, Bs. i. 81. stór-viðri, n. a great tempest, Fms. vii. 310, Grett. 153. stór-virki, n. pl. great feats, Fms. i. 287, ii. 109, vi. 55, Nj. 193, Ld. 40, Eg. 686, Korm. 242, Al. 160. stór-virkr, adj. working mightily; sterkr ok s., working like a giant, Bárð. 163; stórvirkr, opp. to góðvirkr, Nj. 55: as the name of a giant, Edda (Gl.), Fas. i. (Hervar. S. begin.) stór-vitr, adj. very wise, Nj. 22, Fms. i. 31, vi. 10, xi. 13, 205. stór-víða, adv. very widely, Fbr. 41. stór-yrði, n. pl. big words, Eg. 258, Nj. 261, Fms. ix. 419, x. 71, xi. 256, Al. 18. stór-ýðigr, adj. = stórúðigr, Valla L. 208. stór-þing, n. a ‘storthing,’ great council (oecumenical), Karl. 548, Pr. 104, Rb. stór-þorp, n. pl. great villages, Fagrsk. ch. 193. stór-þungt, n. adj. very heavy, Eb. 284. stór-þurftir, f. pl. great need, Bs. i. 525. stór-ættaðr, adj. high-born, Eg. 16, Nj. 178, Fms. i. 186, vi. 246. stór-ættir, f. pl. great families.

I v/refl stir, move; Gefühl: stir; reg dich! come on, move (it)!, get a move on! umg.; kein Lüftchen regte sich there wasn’t a breath of wind in the air; bald regte sich erster Widerspruch soon the first signs of opposition arose; sich regen bringt Segen Sprichw. effort brings reward, no gain without pain; siehe auch rühren

II v/t (Finger etc.) move; (Blätter) stir

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rain; rainfall

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m -s, -

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1) (water falling from the clouds in liquid drops: We've had a lot of rain today; walking in the rain; We had flooding because of last week's heavy rains.) rain

2) (a great number of things falling like rain: a rain of arrows.) rain

3) (anything resembling such a fall of rain: a shower of sparks; a shower of bullets.) shower

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m rain

sicher bekommen wir bald \Regen we are sure to get rain soon

saurer \Regen acid rain

bei [o in] strömendem \Regen in [the] pouring rain

▶ jdn im \Regen stehen lassen (fam) to leave sb in the lurch

▶ vom \Regen in die Traufe kommen [o geraten] (prov) to jump out of the frying pan into the fire prov

▶ ein warmer \Regen (fam) a windfall

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1) rain

2) (fig.) shower

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A. v/r stir, move; Gefühl: stir;

reg dich! come on, move (it)!, get a move on! umg;

kein Lüftchen regte sich there wasn’t a breath of wind in the air;

bald regte sich erster Widerspruch soon the first signs of opposition arose;

sich regen bringt Segen sprichw effort brings reward, no gain without pain; → auch rühren

B. v/t (Finger etc) move; (Blätter) stir

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1) rain

2) (fig.) shower

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rain n.

iz.

1. rainy season; \euritea eta idortea the rainy and dry seasons

2. rains; \eurite gaitzak izan ziren uda hartan there were heavy rains that summer

[char drag pa]

heavy rain, month of heavy rains (july)