skyld

blame, debt, fault, guilt, guiltiness

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(en)

(forseelse, fejl) fault ( fx it is not my fault);

(ansvar) blame (for for, fx I am ready to take the blame for it),

(også = det at være skyldig) guilt ( fx find out where the guilt (el.

blame) lies; prove his guilt);

[ med vb:]

[bære skylden] be responsible;

[forlad os vor skyld]

(i fadervor) forgive us our trespasses;

[få skylden] get the blame;

[give én skylden for noget] put (el. lay) the blame for something on somebody, hold somebody responsible for something, blame somebody for something,

T blame something on somebody;

[hvis er skylden? hvis skyld er det? hvor ligger skylden?] whose fault is it? who is to blame?

[skylden ligger hos ham] he is to blame, the blame is his,

F the guilt lies with him;

[påtage sig skylden] take (el. bear) the blame, accept the blame;

[skyde skylden på én] put (el. lay) the blame on somebody;

[tage skylden], se ovf: påtage sig skylden;

[være skyld i] be the cause of, cause;

[det er hans skyld, han er skyld i det] he is to blame (for it), it is his fault;

[han er selv skyld i det] he has only himself to blame, it is his own fault;

[han er selv skyld i sine vanskeligheder]

(også) he has brought his troubles on himself;

[ med præp:]

[for ens skyld] for somebody's sake, for the sake of somebody;

[for nogets skyld]

(af hensyn til) for the sake of something ( fx of the rhyme),

(på grund af) for ( fx marry somebody for his money);

[for begges skyld] for both their sakes;

[for min skyld] for my sake ( fx do it for my sake),

(dvs jeg er da ligeglad) for all I care ( fx he can go hang for

all I care);

[for min skyld gerne] I don't mind;

(se også form, gang, gud, morskab, nemhed, orden, sag, selskab, sikkerhed,

skam, syn, tilfælde);

[uden skyld] blameless;

[han var uden skyld i ulykken] he did not cause the accident, he was in no way to blame for the accident;

T the accident wasn't his fault;

[uden egen skyld] through no fault of one's own.