Translation for 'to hold sth' from English to Icelandic

to hold sth.

að hafa e-ð [ráða yfir, halda]

to hold sth. [capable of holding]

að taka e-ð [rúma]

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to hold sth. [organize]

að efna til e-s

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to hold sb./sth. back

að aftra e-m/e-u

to hold sb./sth. dear

að taka ástfóstri við e-n/e-ð

to hold sth. out

að þreyja e-ð

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to get hold of sth.

að næla (sér) í e-ð

að verða sér út um e-ð

að verða sér úti um e-ð

to take hold of sth.

að taka e-ð með höndunum

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to get a hold of sb./sth.

að krækja í e-n/e-ð

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to do not let the sth. hold one back

að láta ekki e-ð aftra sér

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Hold fast!

Haltu (þér) fast!

to hold out

að þrauka

to hold power

að hafa völd

cargo hold

farmrými {hv}flug

to hold an exam

að halda prófmennt.

to hold a meeting

að funda

að halda fund

að þinga

to hold an office

að gegna embætti

to hold a party

að halda boð

to hold sb. accountable

að draga e-n til ábyrgðar

to hold one's breath

að halda niðri í sér andanum

to hold a parliamentary seat

að gegna þingmennskustjórn.

to get hold of sb.

að ná í e-n

to hold as of no account

unverified að meta einskis

to hold a grudge against sb.

að vera í nöp við e-n [e-m er í nöp við e-n]

to weight down sth. (with sth.) [hold it down]

að fergja e-ð (með e-u)

to apply sth. to/on sth. [put on]

að bera e-ð á/í e-ð

to charge sth. with sth. [to load firearm, battery]

að hlaða e-ð með e-u

to charge sth. for sth. [demand a price]

að rukka e-ð fyrir e-ð

• Compound bows are designed to reduce the force required to hold the string at full draw, hence allowing the archer more time to aim with less muscular stress.
• As William says, "he was a man of wisdom and discretion, fully competent to hold the reins of government in the kingdom."
• In religion Alaric was an Arian, like all the early Visigothic nobles, but he greatly mitigated the persecution policy of his father Euric toward the Catholics and authorized them to hold in 506 the council of Agde.
• Shinto tends to hold negative views on death and corpses as a source of pollution called "kegare".
• He captured the old people and children and sent them to his army to hold them for ransom.

• Austrian opposition to mathematization extends to economic theorizing only, as they argue that human behavior is too variable for overarching mathematical models to hold true across time and context.
• The practice of using certain letters to hold vowel values spread to Aramaic-derived writing systems, such as in Arabic and Hebrew, which still follow the practice.
• "Joe Pillow" was the name given on the ticket for the extra airline seat purchased to hold the first Amiga prototype while on the way to the January 1984 Consumer Electronics Show.
• Without the manpower to hold the roads, his unit took to making offensive hit-and-run raids on Arab forces in the vicinity of Kfar Malal.
• The NLD confirmed that it had received the invitation to hold talks with Aung San Suu Kyi.

• Early in the Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis decided that the Confederacy would attempt to hold as much of its territory as possible, and therefore distributed military forces around its borders and coasts.
• The right to hold two weekly markets and three yearly fairs, beginning in the 13th century, was held ever since as confirmed in 1657.
• After the Corsican Republic was declared in 1755, the Genoese continued to hold several citadels, including Ajaccio, until the French took control of the island.
• In another occasion, Maximilian noticed that the ladder Dürer used was too short and unstable, thus told a noble to hold it for him.
• However, it was an advantageous position to hold because it demonstrated the aspiring politician's commitment to public service, as well as giving him the opportunity to hold public festivals and games, an excellent way to increase his name recognition and popularity.

• Other studies by Taylor find that all tetrapods appear to hold their necks at the maximum possible vertical extension when in a normal, alert posture; they argue the same would hold true for sauropods barring any unknown, unique characteristics that set the soft tissue anatomy of their necks apart from that of other animals.
• The South ignored the warnings; Southerners did not realize how ardently the North would fight to hold the Union together.