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  2. /The impersonal pronoun (maður)
  3. /forðast

forðast

forðast
to avoid
From Lesson 165:The impersonal pronoun (maður)·Icelandic

Usages of forðast

Maður forðast svartan kött af því að maður hræðist ógæfuna.
You avoid a black cat because you fear bad luck.
Ef maður sér slæmt merki forðast maður staðinn.
If you see a bad sign, you avoid the place.
Maður forðast að brjóta spegil af því að það skemmir gæfuna.
One avoids breaking a mirror because it ruins the luck.
Við getum forðast hið ranga.
We can avoid the wrong.
Við verðum að forðast slíkan óþverraskap.
We must avoid such nastiness.

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