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1 chicken
[' ikin]1) (a young bird, especially a young hen: She keeps chickens.) kjúklingur2) (its flesh used as food: a plate of fried chicken.) kjúklingur3) ((slang.) a coward.)•- chicken-pox
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2 circle
['sə:kl] 1. noun1) (a figure (O) bounded by one line, every point on which is equally distant from the centre.) hringur2) (something in the form of a circle: She was surrounded by a circle of admirers.) hópur3) (a group of people: a circle of close friends; wealthy circles.) klíka, hópur4) (a balcony in a theatre etc: We sat in the circle at the opera.) svalir2. verb1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) mynda hring2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) teikna/gera hring -
3 proverb
['provə:b](a well-known saying that gives good advice or expresses a supposed truth: Two common proverbs are `Many hands make light work' and `Don't count your chickens before they're hatched!') málsháttur- proverbially -
4 stuffing
1) (material used for stuffing eg toy animals: The teddy-bear had lost its stuffing.) fylling, stopp, tróð2) (a mixture containing eg breadcrumbs, spices, sausage-meat etc, used for stuffing chickens etc.) fylling
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