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Usages of af
Penninn dettur af borðinu.
The pen falls off the table.
Hún þurrkar vatnið af borðinu.
She wipes the water off the table.
Hún tekur gleraugun af borðinu og gefur mér þau.
She takes the glasses off the table and gives them to me.
Frostið á rúðunni er svo mikið að ég þarf að skafa það af áður en ég fer.
The frost on the window is so heavy that I need to scrape it off before I go.
Á nóttunni kemur oft frost, en um hádegið bráðnar það af rúðunum.
At night there is often frost, but around noon it melts off the windows.
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