What does spenna in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word spenna in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use spenna in Icelandic.

The word spenna in Icelandic means voltage, cock, tension. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word spenna

voltage

noun (amount of electrostatic potential)

cock

verb (to lift the cock of a firearm)

tension

noun

Stríð geisa milli þjóða og innan þeirra og spenna innan fjölskyldna veldur átökum á mörgum heimilum.

Wars rage between and within countries, while family tensions bring conflict right into many homes.

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Ūađ virđist vera mikil spenna ūarna úti.

It looks pretty messy out there.

Máliđ međ byssu, elskan, er ađ ūađ ūarf ađ spenna hana.

Now, the whole thing with the gun, darling, is that you have to cock it.

Þeim fylgir mikil spenna.

It is full of stress.

Ákafi og spenna stríðsins losaði um siðferðishömlur og lífið heima fyrir virtist jafn stutt og lítils virði og það var á vígvellinum.“

The urgency and excitement of wartime soon eroded moral restraints, and life on many home fronts appeared as cheap and short as life on the battle front.”

Stríð geisa milli þjóða og innan þeirra og spenna innan fjölskyldna veldur átökum á mörgum heimilum.

Wars rage between and within countries, while family tensions bring conflict right into many homes.

Til langs tíma litið skapar það hins vegar bara fleiri vandamál að reiða sig á áfengið; vináttubönd bresta og spenna myndast í fjölskyldulífinu.

But in the long run, reliance on alcohol simply serves to create more problems; friendships break up, and family relationships become strained.

Í einni stiku var spenna og erfiðleikar á milli kirkjuþegnanna og þörf var á ráðgjöf.

A stake was struggling with tensions and difficulties among the members, and counsel needed to be given.

Ekki ôp og skrækir.Og spenna

There wasn' t all this yelling and tension

Orð Jakobs útskýra fyrir okkur að við getum ekki náð að „spenna upp töflurnar“ eða þvinga opinberun leyndardóma Guðs.

Jacob’s words teach us that we cannot successfully “pry at the plates” or force the mysteries of God to be revealed unto us.

Spenna grípur um sig meðal fólksins þegar fleiri litlar verur bætast í hópinn.

A murmur of excitement ripples through the crowd as another and then another join him.

Viđ vitum ađ stķri skjálftinn eyddi skemmtanaiđnađi L.A., en glys og spenna Hollywood er enn á lífi...

The big one wiped out the entertainment industry in LA, but the glamour of Hollywood is still alive...

Oft var mikil spenna við landamærin meðan á stríðinu stóð er flóttamenn reyndu að komast yfir.

During the war, the situation at the border was often very tense as refugees tried to cross.

5 Töluverð spenna var þjóða í milli þegar Nikulás 2. Rússlandskeisari boðaði til friðarráðstefnu í Haag í Hollandi hinn 24. ágúst árið 1898.

5 When Czar Nicholas II of Russia called a peace conference in The Hague, Netherlands, on August 24, 1898, the atmosphere was one of international tension.

Í Ūessum töluđum orđum er ég ađ spenna rassinn.

Right now, as we are talking, I am doing butt clenches.

Ég fór aftur í gegnum sömu skrefin, en í þetta sinn hafði ég vart náð að setjast inn í bílinn og spenna á mig beltið áður en Chloe hafði staðið upp aftur!

I repeated the same steps, but this time before I could even get back into the car and fasten my own seat belt, Chloe was already standing up!

Og Mike og Jan spenna greipar yfir borðhaldinu og tala um fjölskyldugildi, en þau eiga sér leyndarmál

And Mike and Jan fold their hands every night before chow and talk about how we' re family, your family' s got too many secrets

Það ríkti spenna í búðunum um nóttina.

There was excitement in the camp that night.

Ertu búinn ađ spenna beltiđ?

Have you got your seat belt on?

Hnykklæknar ræđa um ūađ hve mikil spenna á ađ vera í dũnum.

There's debate among chiropractors about the optimum level of tension.

En vegna þess magnaðist spenna milli Bandaríkjanna og Breta.

This fueled growing tensions between the British and the United States.

Nemandinn er einbeittur og lærir smám saman hve mikið hann eigi að spenna bogann og hvaða áhrif vindurinn hafi á örina þegar hún flýgur í átt að markinu.

Little by little, the determined novice learns how much tension to apply to the string; he takes the wind into account, and he keeps on making an effort.

17 Tíminn á eftir að leiða í ljós hversu mikil spenna á eftir að verða milli trúfélaga kristna heimsins og þjóðanna, en atburðir fyrstu aldar hafa nú þegar gefið fyrirmynd af því hvernig endalokin verða.

17 Time alone will reveal how far relations will deteriorate between Christendom’s religions and the nations, but events in the first century have already foreshadowed how all of this will end.

Hermaður þurfti að spenna beltið fast til að verja lendarnar (mjaðmir, kvið og nára) og til að bera þunga sverðsins.

A soldier had to keep his belt tight in order to protect his loins (hips, groin, and lower abdomen) and to bear the weight of his sword.

Næsta sem ég veit er að bráðaliðarnir spenna mig á sjúkrabörurnar og inn í sjúkrabíl og einn þeirra brosir um leið og æðaleggnum er komið fyrir.

Next thing I know, the paramedics are strapping me to a gurney, stuffing me in an ambulance, and one of them actually smiles at me as he pops the I.V. in my arm.

Fimm mánuðum síðar var mikil spenna í loftinu þegar tilkynnt var að bróðir Nathan Knorr frá aðalstöðvunum kæmi til að tala við nemendurna.

Some five months later, excitement was running high when it was announced that Brother Nathan Knorr from world headquarters was coming to speak to the students.

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