| Swedish > English |
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| yxa |
| 1. n. axe |
| 2. v. (yxa till, yxa ihop, yxa fram) to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype |
| Thorberg gick fram och yxade till kanten, så att alla märkena efter yxhuggen försvunno. |
| Then Thorberg went and chipped the planks until the deep notches were all smoothed and made even with the rest. (Heimskringla, part 3) |
| Och så yxade jag till en stuga här vid vägen. |
| And so I built a log cabin here by the road. |
| kommittén hade yxat till ett förslag |
| the committee had made a rough proposal |
| Jag yxade till min personliga profil lite granna |
| I shaped up my personal profile a bit |
| 3. v. (yxa ner, yxa upp, yxa sönder, yxa bort) to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise |
| Hon har yxat ner antalet biståndsländer från 70 till 33 |
| She has slashed the number of countries receiving our foreign aid from 70 to 33 |
| yxa upp en vak |
| cut a hole in the ice with an axe |
