blive tavs

pf.t. tie (stille), blive tavs, forstumme.

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vb clap,

( i hænderne også) applaud;

( jævne) pat;

( kærtegnende) pat ( fx the dog);

( ved jagt) beat;

( gå glat) go without a hitch;

[ klappet og klart] (all) ready, all set;

(se også kage);

[ med præp & adv:]

[ klappe ad ham] applaud him,

T give him a hand;

[ klappe i]

( blive tavs) clam up;

(se også I. fælde);

[ klap i!]

T shut up! belt up!

[ klappe i hænderne] clap one's hands;

[ klappe op]

( klappe ud) unfold,

( om klapsæde: klappe tilbage) tip up;

[ klappe hende på kinden] pat her cheek;

[ klappe én på skulderen] pat somebody's shoulder, pat somebody on the shoulder;

(fig: opmuntre, rose) pat somebody on the back;

[ klappe sammen]

( folde sammen) fold up, collapse,

(T: bryde sammen) crack up.

1. blive tavs, forstumme

1. blive tavs, forstumme

ver'stummen v/i <sn> forstumme, blive tavs

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I. (et)

( modsat storm) calm ( fx after a storm comes a calm).

II. adj

( ubevægelig) still ( fx he sat (, lay) still; the air is still);

( rolig) quiet ( fx evening, street, village),

( om vejr, vand) calm ( fx evening, weather),

(F: især om dybere ro) tranquil;

( uden støj, tavs) silent, quiet;

(merk) slack, dull, quiet;

adv quietly, calmly, silently, still;

[ stille!] be quiet! hush!

( i forsamling) silence!

[ ganske stille, i det stille, lige så stille] quietly,

(dvs hemmeligt) secretly,

T on the quiet;

[ liste af lige så stille] slip away quietly;

[ så stille som en mus] as quiet as a mouse;

[ med vb:]

[ dø en stille død, dø stille] die (el. pass away) peacefully;

[ lade noget dø en stille død]

(fig) let something die (quietly);

[ gå stille med], se gå;

[ holde stille] stop,

F halt,

( være standset) be standing (still);

[ holde sig stille] keep still;

[ han hører til de stille i landet] he says very little; he belongs to the silent majority;

[ ligge stille] lie still; be quiet;

( om forretning, produktion etc) be at a standstill;

( om fabrik) be idle;

[ stå stille] stand still;

(om virksomhed etc), se ovf: ligge stille;

(om vand etc) stagnate;

[ ens forstand står stille]

(dvs af forfærdelse etc) one's (el. the) mind boggles;

[ hans forstand stod stille]

(dvs han anede ikke hvad han skulle gøre) he was at his wit's end;

[ luften stod stille] there was not a breath of air;

[ tie stille], se tie;

[ med sb:]

[ stille sind], se sind;

[ en stille tid] a period of quiet,

(merk) a slack period;

[ en stille tvivl] a secret doubt;

[ den stille uge] Holy Week;

[ det stille vand har den dybe grund] still waters run deep;

[ stille vejr] calm weather.

III. vb

( tilfredsstille) satisfy ( fx one's hunger);

( tørst) quench, slake;

( lindre, F) allay, alleviate.

IV. vb

( anbringe) put,

(mere F, mere omhyggeligt: anbringe) place,

(mindre alm) set ( fx the vase on the table);

( anbringe i lodret stilling, også) stand ( fx he stood the gun against the wall);

( skaffe) supply,

F furnish ( fx a witness),

( om penge også) find ( fx £500);

( indfinde sig) present oneself,

T turn up;

(mil., = melde sig) report,

( møde) muster;

[ stille lige], se III. lige;

[ stille tilfreds], se tilfreds;

(se også stillet);

[ med sb:]

[ stille én en opgave]

(dvs at løse) set somebody a problem,

(dvs et hverv at udføre) set somebody a task;

[ stille et ur] set a watch (, a clock) ( efter by, fx set one's watch by the time signal);

[stille uret til at vække kl. 7] set the alarm for 7 o'clock;

(se også betingelse, depositum, fordring, I. fælde, horoskop, krav,

spørgsmål);

[ med sig:]

[ stille sig] place oneself,

(for at passe på etc) station oneself ( fx in front of the door),

( som kandidat) stand (, am: run) (as candidate),

( indtage en vis holdning) take up an attitude ( fx take up a

friendly attitude),

(se også afventende);

[ hvordan vil han stille sig?] what will be his attitude?

[ stille sig en opgave] set oneself a task;

[ stille sig an] strike an attitude (el. a pose),

( generelt) strike attitudes, attitudinize,

F posture;

[ stille sig an som om man er syg] pretend to be ill;

[ stille sig bag]

(fig: støtte) back up ( fx a person, a statement),

(om erklæring etc også, F) endorse,

(om politik etc også) identify oneself with;

[ stille sig i kø] queue up;

[ stille sig i positur] = stille sig an;

(se også I. spids);

[ stille sig op] place oneself, take (up) one's position,

(for at passe på etc) station oneself, plant oneself, take one's stand;

( om flere: samle sig) collect ( fx people collected in front of the palace), gather,

( i en række) line up,

( i kø) queue up;

[ tusinder af mennesker havde stillet sig op langs ruten] thousands of people lined the route;

[ stille sig på hans side] side with him;

[ sagen stiller sig således] the facts are these;

[ hvordan stiller han sig til sagen?] what is his attitude to the matter? what are his views on the matter?

[ stille sig under éns kommando] place oneself under somebody's command

(el. orders);

[ med præp & adv:]

[ blive stillet for en dommer] be brought before a judge;

[ stille ham for retten] put him on trial;

[ stille frem] set out,

( til skue) display,

( et ur) put forward, put on;

[ stille én frit] give somebody a free hand;

[ det stiller os gunstigere] it leaves us in a better position;

[ stille hos én] report to somebody;

[ stille i], se bero, I. lys, relief, I. spids, udsigt etc;

[ stille ind], se indstille;

( radio) tune (in);

[ stille ind på]

( om kikkert, kanon) train on;

[ stille ind på en station] tune in to a station;

[ stille samtalen ind til ham]

(tlf) put the call through to him,

( flytte den) transfer the call to him;

[ stille om til]

( på radio) switch on to,

( under transmission) switch (el. go) over to,

(tlf), se ovf: stille ind til;

[ stille op]

( med objekt), se opstille;

( uden objekt: i rækker, også mil.) form up ( fx the schoolchildren had to form up before entering the school),

(se også ovf: stille sig op);

( til valg) stand,

(især am) run ( fx run for President);

(= gøre) do ( fx what shall I do with them? he did not know what to do with himself; there is nothing to be done about it);

[ stille op mod en mur] put up against a wall ( fx he put the ladder up against the wall; he should be put up against a wall and shot),

( om flere) line up against a wall;

[ stille op som] put (oneself) up as ( fx treasurer),

(parl) stand as ( fx an Independent);

[ blive stillet over for] be faced with (el. by);

[ stille ham over for] face him with ( fx a challenge, a choice, a problem),

F confront him with ( fx a challenge, a problem);

[ stille på en skrue] adjust a screw;

(se også I. prøve);

[ stille noget til ens disposition] place something at somebody's disposal;

[ stille tilbage] put back;

[ stille noget under éns beskyttelse] place something under somebody's protection.

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( uden talens brug) dumb ( fx person),

F mute;

( af sindsbevægelse) speechless (af with, fx rage, terror), dumb (af

with, fx terror);

( tavs; som ikke udtrykkes) mute ( fx appeal, reproach; he gazed at her in mute admiration);

( som ikke udtales) mute, silent ( fx letter);

[ blive stum af rædsel] be struck dumb with terror;

[ stumt klaver] dumb piano;

[ stumt spil] byplay,

( hel scene) dumb show.

adj.; the parent-word of the mod. Dan. tavs ( silent) has hitherto not been found in the old Icel. literature; it should be þagsi, but most if not all words of that form were obsolete as early as the 12th and 13th centuries, and have disappeared in mod. Icel., as hugsi, staðsi, heitsi …; we believe it is preserved in the corrupted ‘þegn varð’ in the transcript of the Íb., where we propose to read, svá at allir menn myndi ‘þagsi verða’ (= Dan. blive tavse) meðan hann mælti at lögbergi, so that all men would become silent whilst he spoke on the Law-bill, Íb. 7. In an ancient vellum a , with the upper end of the s faint or blotted out, and an n or  would be distinguished with difficulty; and as to an Icel. transcriber þagsi was quite an unknown word, while ‘þegu,’ ‘þagu’ were familiar syllables, he would choose the latter; the vellum itself was lost soon after the copy had been taken in A. D. 1651. In Rb. (Ísl. i. 385) the word has been paraphrased into ‘þegja;’ see the Academy, vol. i, p. 278.