vidne

witness

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I. (et -r)

(person) witness;

[afhøre vidner] take evidence, examine (el. question) witnesses;

[bære vidne om], se II. vidne (om);

[føre vidner] call (el. produce) witnesses;

[føre ham som vidne] put him in the box,

(am) put him on the stand;

[det har han vidner på] he can produce witnesses to that;

[indkalde én som vidne] summon(s) somebody as a witness, subpoena somebody;

[kalde til vidne] call to witness (på at that);

[møde som vidne] appear as witness, go in the box,

(am) take the stand;

[være vidne til] witness ( fx an accident, a ceremony, a curious scene),

(være til stede ved) be present at ( fx the ceremony, the

execution).

II. vb

(i retten) give evidence,

(under ed) depose;

(rel) witness;

[vidne til fordel for] testify for;

[vidne imod] testify against ( fx several witnesses testified against him);

[vidne om]

(vise) show,

(F: tyde på) indicate ( fx a broken lock showed (, indicated) that the house had been broken into);

(bevidne, F) testify to, attest to ( fx his writings attest to his wide reading), bear witness to ( fx terrible scars bore witness to the torture he had been subjected to).