aðhald

Icelandic

Etymology

From að- + hald.

Noun

aðhald n (genitive singular aðhalds, nominative plural aðhöld)

  1. support, assistance
    Synonym: stuðningur
  2. supervision, restraint, control
    Synonym: taumhald
    • 2000, Gunnar G. Schram, Ísland á Nýrri Öld, University of Iceland Press, →ISBN, page 147:
      Aðhald og eftirlit með framkvæmdarvaldi og stjórnsýslunni hefur að ýmsu leyti verið styrkt í formi og framkvæmd.
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  3. thrift, economizing, the act of saving money
    Synonym: sparnaður
  4. slimming
    Synonym: megrun

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