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greeting+(noun)

  • 1 greeting

    noun (friendly words or actions used in welcome.) kveðja, heilsun, kveðjuorð

    English-Icelandic dictionary > greeting

  • 2 handshake

    noun (the act of grasping (a person's) hand eg as a greeting.) handaband

    English-Icelandic dictionary > handshake

  • 3 bow

    I 1. verb
    1) (to bend (the head and often also the upper part of the body) forwards in greeting a person etc: He bowed to the ladies; They bowed their heads in prayer.) hneigja sig
    2) ((with to) to accept: I bow to your superior knowledge.) beygja sig fyrir, láta undan
    2. noun
    (a bowing movement: He made a bow to the ladies.) hneigja sig, kinka kolli
    II 1. [bəu] noun
    1) (a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.) bogi
    2) (a rod with horsehair stretched along it, by which the strings of a violin etc are sounded.) (fiðlu)bogi
    3) (a looped knot of material: Her dress is decorated with bows.) slaufa
    2. noun
    ((often in plural) the front of a ship or boat: The waves broke over the bows.) framstafn; kinnungur, bógur

    English-Icelandic dictionary > bow

  • 4 hail

    I 1. [heil] noun
    1) (small balls of ice falling from the clouds: There was some hail during the rainstorm last night.) hagl, haglél
    2) (a shower (of things): a hail of arrows.) hríð, skæðadrífa
    2. verb
    (to shower hail: It was hailing as I drove home.) gera haglél
    II 1. [heil] verb
    1) (to shout to in order to attract attention: We hailed a taxi; The captain hailed the passing ship.) kalla til/DPá
    2) (to greet or welcome (a person, thing etc) as something: His discoveries were hailed as a great step forward in medicine.) fagna, heilsa
    2. noun
    (a shout (to attract attention): Give that ship a hail.) hróp
    3. interjection
    (an old word of greeting: Hail, O King!) heill sé þér

    English-Icelandic dictionary > hail

  • 5 bid

    [bid] 1. verb
    1) (- past tense, past participle bid - to offer (an amount of money) at an auction: John bid ($1,000) for the painting.) bjóða (í)
    2) ((with for) - past tense, past participle bid - to state a price (for a contract): My firm is bidding for the contract for the new road.) bjóða í
    3) (- past tense bade [bæd], past participle bidden - to tell (someone) to (do something): He bade me enter.) skipa, bjóða
    4) (- past tense bade [bæd], past participle bidden - to express a greeting etc (to someone): He bade me farewell.) biðja, bjóða, kveðja
    2. noun
    1) (an offer of a price: a bid of $20.) tilboð
    2) (an attempt (to obtain): a bid for freedom.) tilraun til, viðleitni til
    •
    - bidding
    - biddable

    English-Icelandic dictionary > bid

  • 6 nod

    [nod] 1. past tense, past participle - nodded; verb
    1) (to make a quick forward and downward movement of the head to show agreement, as a greeting etc: I asked him if he agreed and he nodded (his head); He nodded to the man as he passed him in the street.) kinka kolli
    2) (to let the head fall forward and downward when sleepy: Grandmother sat nodding by the fire.) dotta
    2. noun
    (a nodding movement of the head: He answered with a nod.) höfuðhneiging

    English-Icelandic dictionary > nod

  • 7 wave

    [weiv] 1. noun
    1) (a moving ridge, larger than a ripple, moving on the surface of water: rolling waves; a boat tossing on the waves.) bylgja, alda, bára
    2) (a vibration travelling eg through the air: radio waves; sound waves; light waves.) bylgja
    3) (a curve or curves in the hair: Are those waves natural?) liður, krulla
    4) (a (usually temporary) rise or increase: the recent crime wave; a wave of violence; The pain came in waves.) (glæpa)alda, bylgja
    5) (an act of waving: She recognized me, and gave me a wave.) vink, veif
    2. verb
    1) (to move backwards and forwards or flutter: The flags waved gently in the breeze.) blakta
    2) (to (cause hair to) curve first one way then the other: She's had her hair waved; Her hair waves naturally.) liða(st)
    3) (to make a gesture (of greeting etc) with (eg the hand): She waved to me across the street; Everyone was waving handkerchiefs in farewell; They waved goodbye.) veifa, vinka
    •
    - waviness
    - waveband
    - wave
    - wavelength
    - wave aside

    English-Icelandic dictionary > wave

  • 8 wink

    [wiŋk] 1. verb
    1) (to shut and open an eye quickly in friendly greeting, or to show that something is a secret etc: He winks at all the girls who pass; Her father winked at her and said: `Don't tell your mother about the present I bought her.') depla augunum
    2) ((of eg lights) to flicker and twinkle.) blika, leiftra
    2. noun
    (an act of winking: `Don't tell anyone I'm here', he said with a wink.) depl, blikk

    English-Icelandic dictionary > wink

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