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1 lay
I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) leggja (frá sér/niður/fyrir e-n)2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) leggja3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) leggja á (borð/ráðin)4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) leggja aftur/saman5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) kveða niður6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) verpa7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) leggja undir, veðja•- layer2. verb(to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) leggja í lög- layabout- lay-by
- layout
- laid up
- lay aside
- lay bare
- lay by
- lay down
- lay one's hands on
- lay hands on
- lay in
- lay low
- lay off
- lay on
- lay out
- lay up
- lay waste II see lie II III [lei] adjective1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) óbreyttur, leikmaður2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) ólærður, leikmaður•- laymanIV [lei] noun(an epic poem.) -
2 lay (one's) hands on
1) (to find or be able to obtain: I wish I could lay (my) hands on that book!) ná í, komast yfir2) (to catch: The police had been trying to lay hands on the criminal for months.) koma höndum yfir, handsama -
3 lay (one's) hands on
1) (to find or be able to obtain: I wish I could lay (my) hands on that book!) ná í, komast yfir2) (to catch: The police had been trying to lay hands on the criminal for months.) koma höndum yfir, handsama -
4 lay bare
(to show clearly; to expose to view: They dug up the road and laid bare the water-pipe; Shy people don't like to lay bare their feelings.) opinbera, afhjúpa -
5 lay-by
plural - lay-bys; noun (especially in Britain, a short extra part at the side of a road for people to stop their cars in, out of the way of the traffic.) útskot -
6 lay-bys
plural; see lay-by -
7 lay/set the table
(to put a tablecloth, plates, knives, forks etc on a table for a meal: The meal is ready - will you lay the table?) leggja á borð -
8 lay aside
(to put away or to one side, especially to be used or dealt with at a later time: She laid the books aside for later use.) leggja til hliðar -
9 lay by
(to put away for future use: She laid by a store of tinned vegetables.) leggja til hliðar -
10 lay down
1) (to give up: They laid down their arms; The soldiers laid down their lives in the cause of peace.) leggja niður2) (to order or instruct: The rule book lays down what should be done in such a case.) fyrirskipa3) (to store: My father laid down a good stock of wine which I am now drinking.) setja í geymslu -
11 lay down the law
(to state something in a way that indicates that one expects one's opinion and orders to be accepted without argument.) setja fram afdráttarlausar staðhæfingar -
12 lay in
(to get and store a supply of: I've laid in an extra stock of drinks for Christmas.) safna birgðum -
13 lay low
(to make ill: I was laid low by flu, just before my exams.) veikjast -
14 lay off
(to dismiss (employees) temporarily: Because of a shortage of orders, the firm has laid off a quarter of its workforce.) segja upp -
15 lay on
(to provide: The staff laid on a tea party for the pupils.) standa fyrir -
16 lay out
1) (to arrange over a wide area (especially according to a plan): He was the architect who laid out the public gardens.) hanna2) (to spread so as to be easily seen: He laid out the contents of the box on the table.) leggja fram og dreifa úr3) (to knock unconscious.) slá (e-n) í rot4) (to spend (money).) leggja fram peninga5) (to prepare (a dead body) to be buried.) leggja til -
17 lay to rest
(to bury (someone) in a grave.) leggja til hinstu hvíldar, jarðsetja -
18 lay up
1) (to keep or store: We laid up a good supply of apples this year from our own trees.) safna birgðum2) (to put (a ship) out of use in a dock.) leggja -
19 lay waste
(to make (a piece of land) into barren country by burning and plundering.) leggja í rúst, gjöreyðileggja -
20 lay/put stress on
(to emphasize (a fact etc): He laid stress on this point.) leggja áherslu á
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