- ved
- at, by, in case of, gentlemanly, on, upon, wood* * *I. (et) wood;[bære ved til bålet](fig) add fuel to the fire.II. præpa) (om sted) at ( fx at the end of the street, at the next station),(ved siden af, henne ved) by ( fx he sat at his writing table bythe window; sit by the fire; he lives by the sea (, the river);by the roadside);(nær ved) near ( fx he lives near the castle),(nærmere) close to;b) (om beliggenhed ved flod, kyst etc) on ( fx the towns on the Thames(, on the Channel); their house is right on the sea (, road); on the Scottish border),(se også I. grænse);c) (om tid) at ( fx at dawn, at breakfast; at his death, at midnight, at the outbreak of the war, at the sight of her);(NB ofte omskrives til bisætning, fx ved krigens udbrud when the war broke out; ved synet af hende when he saw her);(lige efter) on ( fx on (el. at) our arrival in London);(omtrent ved) about, around ( fx about (el. around) this time tomorrow; about (el. around) five o'clock);(= senest ved el. om resultat af en udvikling) by ( fx you must be here by five; by the end of the war the country was almostbankrupt);d) (om lejlighed) at ( fx at the concert, at the funeral, at the party);(da noget foregik: omskrives til bisætning, fx ved fjernelsen af lågetwhen the lid was removed);e) (om ansættelse, arbejdssted) at ( fx teacher at a school, professor at a university (, at Oxford), physician at a hospital; he is at the Royal Theatre), on ( fx a job on the railway (, on a newspaper), he is on the stage), in ( fx he is in the Army (, the Navy), he is inagriculture, professor in a university);[rektor ved en skole] headmaster of a school;f) (om middel) by ( fx powered by electricity, read by lamplight, vote by show of hands; take (, seize, grasp) him by the collar; live by writing), through ( fx through their influence);[ved at gøre dette] by doing this, when you (, they etc) do (, did) this;g) (om egenskab) about ( fx there is something funny about him; what is so special (, wonderful etc) about that?);[der er noget godt ved ham] he has his good points;[der er noget farligt ved det] it has its dangers;[det er det sjove (, vanskelige) ved det], se ndf: j;h) (i færd med) at ( fx he was at his work);(i færd med at nyde) over ( fx discuss it over a glass of beer (, a cup of coffee); sit over one's coffee);i) [ Udtryk][ med være:][være ved](dvs tilstå) admit ( fx he would not admit that he did not knowanything about it);[ham (, det) er der ikke meget ved] he (, that) is not much good (el.not up to much);[ham (, det) er der ikke noget ved] he (, that) is no good;[enhver lærer der er noget ved kan gøre det] any teacher worth his salt can do it;[være ved at](dvs begynde at; være i færd med at) be -ing ( fx they were getting tired (, hungry); he is washing the car);[være (lige) ved at](dvs skulle til at) be (just) about to ( fx leave), be on the point of -ing ( fx of leaving);[(dvs men ikke gøre det:) han var lige ved at falde] he nearly fell, he almost fell,(stærkere) he very nearly fell, he all but fell;[det var lige ved at han slog mig] he very nearly struck me;j) [ Udtryk][ med det:][mens du er ved det] while you are at it;[det er det sjove (, vanskelige) ved det] that is the funny (,difficult) thing about it, that is the funny (, difficult) part of(el. about) it;[det er det sjove ved det](også) that is where the fun comes in;(se også de ord hvormed "ved" forbindes, fx hjælp, side, slag, sætte,sværge).III. adv:[tæt (el. lige) ved](med styrelse) near (to), close to,(uden styrelse) near by, nearby, close by, close at hand;[blive ved], se vedblive;[komme ved], se vedkomme;(se i øvrigt de verber, som forbindes med "ved").IV. præs af vide.
Danish-English dictionary. 2013.