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 Translation for 'to fasten sth' from English to Icelandic
festa e-ðto fasten sth.
2 Words
njörva e-ð niðurto fasten sth. securely
4 Words
víra e-ð (saman)to fasten sth. together with wire
Partial Matches
spenna á sig beltiðto fasten one's seat belt
fergja e-ð (með e-u)to weight down sth. (with sth.) [hold it down]
hlaða e-ð með e-u to charge sth. with sth. [to load firearm, battery]
bera e-ð á/í e-ðto apply sth. to/on sth. [put on]
rukka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [demand a price]
taka e-ð fyrir e-ðto charge sth. for sth. [set a price]
unverified svipta e-u ofan af e-uto sweep sth. off sth. [take away]
þrífa e-ð úr e-uto snatch sth. from / out of sth.
þrykkja e-ð á e-ðto print sth. on sth. [especially graphics]
fylla e-ð með e-uto charge sth. with sth. [load to capacity]
vilja e-ð frekar en e-ð annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
taka e-ð fram yfir annaðto prefer sth. to sth. else
yfirfæra e-ðe-ð)to superimpose sth. (on / onto sth.)
e-ð út úr e-uto get sth. out of sth.
pota e-u í e-ðto prod sth. into sth. else
unverified keyra e-ð í e-ð [slá af afli]to hit sth. hard (with sth.)
eyrnamerkja e-ð e-uto earmark sth. for sth. [reserve]
láta e-ð ofan í e-ðto put sth. in / into sth.
aðlaga e-ð (e-u)to adjust sth. (at / to sth.)
pota e-u í e-ðto tuck sth. into sth. else
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Usage Examples English
  • It is convention in some places to fasten the main halyard (for the mainsail) on the starboard side of the mast and the jib halyard to the port side.
  • There were holes in the footstock for leather straps to fasten it to the foot.
  • Early Egyptians also knew how to assemble planks of wood with treenails to fasten them together, using pitch for caulking the seams.
  • Friction buckles are used to fasten institutional jackets with webbing or cloth straps because they are difficult to open without a free pair of hands.
  • In case of a fire, this was the procedure used: Someone ran to ring the fire bell while everyone else near the fire ran to the hose cart to fasten the hose to the nearest hydrant.

  • Iron was afterwards introduced for the construction of anchors, and an improvement was made by forming them with teeth, or "flukes", to fasten themselves into the bottom.
  • Pavements extend from the ziggurat in a cruciform shape with square-like large bricks, in which pieces of pottery are used to fasten the clay together.
  • They usually wear a gold brooch ("tasni") that is made by local jewellers in different shapes and sizes and is used to fasten the two parts of the dress together over the chest.
  • Some families, though, notably the Loricariidae and Astroblepidae, have a suckermouth that allows them to fasten themselves to objects in fast-moving water.
  • , meaning "to crucify" or "to fasten to a cross".

  • The bowline is commonly used in sailing small craft, for example to fasten a halyard to the head of a sail or to tie a jib sheet to a clew of a jib.
  • Elaborate brooches, essentially the same as those worn by important laypeople, appear to have been worn by monastic clergy to fasten vestments of the period.
  • The pitch was used to fasten arrowheads and coat fishing and whaling instruments.
  • The upper part was the spearhead proper, and a lower part, which used a tube to hold up the end of a wooden shaft. To fasten the shaft to the spearhead, nails were driven through a hole in the shaft.
  • is a decorative jewelry item designed to be attached to garments, often to fasten them together.

  • Brazing is widely used in the tool industry to fasten "hard metal" (carbide, ceramics, cermet, and similar) tips to tools such as saw blades.
  • Buttons appeared as a means to close cuffs in the Byzantine Empire and to fasten the necks of Egyptian tunics by no later than the 5th century AD.
  • Variations on this include that he forgot to fasten the lower button when dressing and this was copied.
  • When the caterpillar is fully grown, it makes a button of silk which it uses to fasten its body to a leaf or a twig.
  • When there is more than one functional buttonhole (as in a traditional six-on-two arrangement), only one button need be fastened; the wearer may elect to fasten only the bottom button, in order to present a longer line (a style popularised by Prince George, Duke of Kent).

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