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Icelandic
Verb
segja upp (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sagði upp, supine sagt upp)
- (transitive, takes the dative) to fire from a job, to lay off
- Synonyms: reka, láta fara
Þeir sögðu mér upp vegna þess að ég mætti aldrei.- They laid me off because I never showed up.
- (transitive, takes the dative) to resign, to quit a job
- Synonyms: hætta, segja þetta gott
- Ég sagði upp. ― I quit my job.
- (transitive, takes the dative) to break up with, to jilt
- Synonym: hætta með
Hann sagði henni upp.- He broke up with her.
- (transitive, takes the dative, of a subscription) to stop, to give up, to relinquish, to give notice to terminate
Að segja upp áskrift.- To give up subscription.
Við segjum upp blaðinu í næstu viku.- We'll stop subscription of the paper next week.