What does hagsmunir in Icelandic mean?

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Meaning of the word hagsmunir

interest

noun

Hagsmunir okkar virðast stangast á.

Our interests seem to conflict with each other.

profit

noun

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En brátt kom að því að hagsmunir þessa nýja konungs norður frá og konungsins suður frá rákust á.

But the interests of this new king of the north soon clashed with those of the king of the south.

Međ árunum breyttust hagsmunir okkar.

As the years passed, our interests changed.

‚Eigurnar‘, sem trúa ráðsmanninum er falið að annast, eru hagsmunir konungsins á jörð, þar á meðal jarðneskir þegnar Guðsríkis og efnislegar eignir sem notaðar eru til að boða fagnaðarerindið.

The “belongings” that the faithful steward is appointed to care for are the Master’s royal interests on earth, which include the Kingdom’s earthly subjects and the material facilities used in preaching the good news.

Báðir voru þeir þó sammála um að hagsmunir einstaklinga í samfélaginu væru í grundvallaratriðum samþættir og að fólki bæri að vinna saman að sameiginlegum markmiðum.

The agreement included a section on PR, in which the parties agreed to put the issue to a referendum and that both parties would actively campaign for PR in the referendum.

Hagsmunir Jehóva ættu þó að ganga fyrir.

However, the first concern in our prayers should be Jehovah’s interests.

Brátt kom þó í ljós að hagsmunir Tékka og Slóvaka voru mismunandi.

Eventually, it was recognized that bowheads and right whales were in fact different.

Ég vil bara segja þér þú hafir fullan stuðning minn og að ég viti að raunverulegir hagsmunir samsteypunnar ná mun lengra en að þóknast einhverjum ríkum fávitum sem langar í kúrekaleik.

I just wanted you to know that you have my support and that I know that the corporation's real interest in this place goes way beyond gratifying some rich assholes who want to play cowboy.

Hagsmunir hvors ganga fyrir — þínir eigin eða Jehóva?

Whose interests come first —your own or Jehovah’s?

Þannig fer þegar við höfum alltaf efst í huga að hjá kristnum mönnum ganga hagsmunir Guðsríkis og bróðurleg eining alltaf fyrir veraldlegu starfi.

That will be the happy outcome when we keep foremost in mind at all times that, for Christians, secular activity is secondary to Kingdom interests and brotherly unity.

Það sýnir að hagsmunir okkar eiga ekki að ganga fyrir því að helga nafn Jehóva og upphefja drottinvald hans.

This helps us to see that our interests are not to be put above the sanctification of Jehovah’s name and the vindication of his sovereignty.

Hagsmunir okkar rekast ūá á

Well, then we have a scheduling problem, don't we?

‚Eigurnar,‘ sem trúi ráðsmaðurinn er settur yfir, eru konunglegir hagsmunir húsbóndans á jörðinni, þeirra á meðal jarðneskir þegnar ríkisins.

The “belongings” that the faithful steward is appointed to care for are the master’s royal interests on earth, which include the Kingdom’s earthly subjects.

(Markús 1:17-21) Það væri heimskulegt að flækja sig svo í veraldlegum markmiðum að hagsmunir Guðsríkis sætu á hakanum.

(Mark 1:17-21) How foolish it would be for us to become so entangled in a web of worldly pursuits that Kingdom interests become only secondary!

... Hið innra er eitthvað sem rís upp í mér, endrum og eins[,] sem tilfinnanlega skilur á milli hagsmuna minna og hagsmuna föðurins á himnum; eitthvað sem veldur því að mínir hagsmunir og hagsmunir föðurins á himnum fara ekki algjörlega saman.

“... Something rises up within me, at times[,] that measurably draws a dividing line between my interest and the interest of my Father in heaven; something that makes my interest and the interest of my Father in heaven not precisely one.

En ađrir hagsmunir?

But do any of them have an axe?

10 Þessu næst er okkur sagt að kærleikurinn ‚leiti ekki síns eigin,‘ það er að segja þegar persónulegir hagsmunir okkar og annarra eiga í hlut.

10 Next we are told that love “does not look for its own interests,” that is, when there is a question of our personal interests and those of others.

Hagsmunir okkar stangast á við þeirra.

Our interests conflict with theirs.

Persónulegir eða efnahagslegir hagsmunir.

Practical and economical.

78 Lát þjón minn Isaac Galland kaupa hlut í þessu húsi, því að ég, Drottinn, ann honum fyrir það verk, sem hann hefur unnið, og mun fyrirgefa allar syndir hans. Þess vegna skulu hagsmunir hans í þessu húsi í minnum hafðir frá kyni til kyns.

78 Let my servant Isaac Galland put stock into that house; for I, the Lord, love him for the work he hath done, and will forgive all his sins; therefore, let him be remembered for an interest in that house from generation to generation.

Hagsmunir okkar stangast á við þeirra.

Our interests clash with theirs.

Hinir kunnu sagnfræðingar Will og Ariel Durant bentu á þessi sömu frumatriði þegar þeir skrifuðu bók sína The Lessons of History: „Við núverandi skort á alþjóðalögum og samhug verður þjóð að vera reiðubúin á hverri stundu til að verja sig; og þegar mikilvægustu hagsmunir þjóðarinnar eru í húfi verður henni að leyfast að beita hvaða ráðum sem hún kann að telja nauðsynleg til að bjarga sér.

The famous historians Will and Ariel Durant pointed to these same basic factors when they wrote in their book The Lessons of History: “In the present inadequacy of international law and sentiment a nation must be ready at any moment to defend itself; and when its essential interests are involved it must be allowed to use any means it considers necessary to its survival.

Hagsmunir þessara tveggja afla hljóta alltaf að rekast á.

These two powers would always have conflicting interests.

Af því að hann vissi vel að meira var í húfi en hagsmunir eða öryggi hans sjálfs.

Because he saw clearly that more than his personal safety or advantage was involved.

Hverjir heldur þú að séu hagsmunir rekstraraðilanna?

What do you think management's real interests are?

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