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rule (EN)
Nafnorð, sögn

Nafnorð “rule”

eintala rule, fleirtala rules eða óteljanlegt
  1. regla
    The school's rules prohibit running in the hallways.
  2. stjórnun
    Under her rule, the city flourished and crime rates dropped significantly.
  3. venja
    In our house, the rule is to have dinner together every night.
  4. reikniregla
    In math class, we learned a simple rule for finding the area of a rectangle by multiplying its length by its width.
  5. reglustika
    She carefully used the rule to draw a straight line across her drawing paper.
  6. skriftarlína
    Before writing, she drew a rule across the page to keep her sentences straight.

sögn “rule”

nafnháttur rule; hann rules; þátíð ruled; lh. þt. ruled; nhm. ruling
  1. ráða yfir
    The queen ruled the kingdom with wisdom and strength for over fifty years.
  2. vera frábær (í slangri)
    Your new skateboard totally rules!
  3. dæma
    The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible in court.
  4. draga beinar línur
    Before starting her math homework, Sarah ruled her blank paper with horizontal lines to keep her calculations neat.