Meaning of være ved | Babel Free

Definitions

to admit (especially to oneself); to accept

Examples

“Han er ud af jysk bondefamilie og vil ikke være ved det. Han er født Jensen, men det var heller ikke fint nok.”

He is of Jutlandic peasant descent and won't admit it. He's born Jensen, but that wasn't fancy enough either.

“Efter at Sigrid var taget hjem, talte han ikke mere om kriminalvidenskaben, men blev tværtimod mere og mere mut, som vilde han ikke være ved, at det alligevel generede ham, at jeg havde fulgt Sigrid op.”

After Sigrid has gone home, he didn't talk any more about criminology, but on the contrary, became more and more sullen, as though he wouldn't admit that it did after all bother him that I had followed Sigrid up.

“Hun havde aldrig interesseret sig for smaa Børn. Hun vilde ligesom ikke være ved, at hun holdt af Barnet. Men, var hun alene, da kunde hun kæle for den lille, næsten uden at vide af det.”

She had never been interested in small children. She sort of wouldn't admit that she cared for the child. But, if she was alone, then she could coddle the child, almost without being aware of it.

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