ved

at, by, in case of, gentlemanly, on, upon, wood

* * *

I. (et) wood;

[bære ved til bålet]

(fig) add fuel to the fire.

II. præp

a) (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 by

the 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 almost

bankrupt);

d) (om lejlighed) at ( fx at the concert, at the funeral, at the party);

(da noget foregik: omskrives til bisætning, fx ved fjernelsen af låget

when 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 in

agriculture, 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 know

anything 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.