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  • 1 lay waste

    (to make (a piece of land) into barren country by burning and plundering.) lægge øde
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    (to make (a piece of land) into barren country by burning and plundering.) lægge øde

    English-Danish dictionary > lay waste

  • 2 lay

    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (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.) lægge; anbringe; præsentere
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) lægge; anbringe
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) dække; lægge
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) lægge ned
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) få til at forsvinde; få til at tie
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) lægge
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) vædde
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    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) lægge; lægge i lag
    - 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] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) læg-
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) læg-
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    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.) kvad
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    I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb
    1) (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.) lægge; anbringe; præsentere
    2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) lægge; anbringe
    3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) dække; lægge
    4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) lægge ned
    5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) få til at forsvinde; få til at tie
    6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) lægge
    7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) vædde
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    2. verb
    (to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) lægge; lægge i lag
    - 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] adjective
    1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) læg-
    2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) læg-
    •
    IV [lei] noun
    (an epic poem.) kvad

    English-Danish dictionary > lay

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