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Hver heldurðu að líti við svona tyrðlum?

English translation: to look at favourably

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Icelandic term or phrase:líta við
English translation:to look at favourably

13:09 Jan 24, 2004
Icelandic to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Icelandic term or phrase: Hver heldurðu að líti við svona tyrðlum?
Hver heldurðu að líti við svona tyrðlum?

Hi,

I’m afraid it’s a whole sentence I don’t understand at all this time.

Best wishes,

Simon

108:11 Þau urðu samferða, Þóra og hann, og vinnumaður frá
108:12 Hvammi, sem Fúsi litli var kallaður. Hann hafði í mörg
108:13 ár vonazt eftir að fá Þóru í kaupbæti hjá Birni gamla.
108:14 Þóra bar troðna tösku af skóm og fleira, sem þau höfðu
108:15 meðferðis. Fúsi bauð henni að bera töskuna og leiða hana
108:16 sjálfa.

108:17 "Þú hefur nóg með töskuna; ég get séð um mig ein.
108:18 Það er ekki svo langt, að ég komist það ekki óstudd."

108:19 "En það er þó óneitanlega betra, að styðja sig við það,
108:20 sem lítið er, en ekki neitt," sagði Jón lágt, um leið og
108:21 hann bauð henni handlegginn. "Ég er svolítið stærri. Þú
108:22 getur kannske þegið, að ég leiði þig."

108:23 Hún hafði ekki á móti því. Fúsi gaut gremjulega hornauga
108:24 til þeirra og pjakkaði á undan þeim.

108:25 "Hvað ætlarðu að láta strákgreyið ganga lengi á biðilsbuxunum?"
108:26 spurði Jón í hálfum hljóðum.

108:27 "Hann má víst ganga svo lengi á þeim sem hann vill
108:28 fyrir mér. Ég skal ekki klæða hann úr þeim," svaraði hún
108:29 hálf-önug.

108:30 "Hvað þykir þér að honum?"

108:31 "Hver heldurðu að líti við svona tyrðlum?"
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:00
who do you think would even look at such a runt?
Explanation:
She thinks he's small and unattractive, i.e. a runt.

One of the meanings of "tyrðill" is " a(hard) piece of dung" and thus "a small or insignificant person, a runt"
(It's not quite as insulting as calling someone a "turd", but still not nice at all)

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Note added at 2004-01-25 20:33:44 (GMT)
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\"líta við\" means \"to look at favourably\"
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JoGunn
Local time: 04:00
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many thanks, excellent!
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5who do you think would even look at such a runt?
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who do you think would even look at such a runt?


Explanation:
She thinks he's small and unattractive, i.e. a runt.

One of the meanings of "tyrðill" is " a(hard) piece of dung" and thus "a small or insignificant person, a runt"
(It's not quite as insulting as calling someone a "turd", but still not nice at all)

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Note added at 2004-01-25 20:33:44 (GMT)
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\"líta við\" means \"to look at favourably\"

JoGunn
Local time: 04:00
Native speaker of: Native in IcelandicIcelandic
PRO pts in pair: 27
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