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he brought his instruments along

  • 1 along

    along [əˊlɒŋ]
    1. adv
    1) вперёд
    2) с собо́й;

    come along! идём (вме́сте)!

    ;

    he brought his instruments along он принёс с собо́й инструме́нты

    3) по всей ли́нии, по длине́
    along with вме́сте

    all along всё вре́мя

    ;

    I knew it all along я э́то знал с са́мого нача́ла

    ;

    (all) along of диал. всле́дствие, из-за

    ;

    it happened all along of your carelessness э́то произошло́ по ва́шей небре́жности

    ;

    right along амер. всегда́; непреры́вно; постоя́нно

    2. prep вдоль, по;

    along the river вдоль реки́

    ;

    along the road по доро́ге

    ;

    along the strike геол. по простира́нию

    Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > along

  • 2 along

    əˈlɔŋ
    1. предл.
    1) вдоль, по along the highway ≈ вдоль по шоссе
    2) по (в процессе) ;
    во время I lost my hat along the way ≈ Я потерял шляпу по дороге. Syn: in the course of
    3) в соответствии along the variants suggestedв соответствии с предложенными вариантами Syn: in accordance with
    2. нареч.
    1) в том же направлении He ran along beside me ≈ Он бежал прямо рядом со мной
    2) вперед Keep the line moving along ≈ Старайся вести линию вперед. Syn: onward
    3) вместе (обычно с with) He planned the project along with his associates ≈ Он разрабатывал проект вместе с коллегами.
    4) с собой She took her brother along ≈ Она взяла с собой брата He brought his instruments along. ≈ Он принес с собой инструменты. Bring along your umbrella! ≈ Захвати зонтик!
    5) в направлении The order was passed along from management to staff ≈ Приказ был передан от руководства персоналу. ∙ along with ≈ вместе right alongвсегда;
    непрерывно all along of
    дальше, вперед - to go * двигаться дальше;
    идти своей дорогой - they were told to move * им велели не задерживаться /пройти/ (обыкн. в приказании полицейского) в длину, вдоль;
    параллельно;
    в том же направлении - he ran * beside me он бежал рядом со мной (американизм) (разговорное) уже, ближе к - * toward evening ближе к вечеру - the afternoon was well * уже было далеко за полдень, день клонился к вечеру - a man well * in years человек уже в летах - he was * towards fifty ему уже было под пятьдесят - work on the new ship is quite far * работа по строительству нового судна в полном разгаре с, вместе с - come *! идем!, пошли! - come * with us! идем с нами! - * with children grown-ups came to see the play вместе с детьми и взрослые пришли посмотреть пьесу (американизм) взяв, прихватив с собой - they carried me * with them они увели меня с собой - fetch it *! принеси это с собой! - he took his sister * он прихватил с собой сестру (американизм) (разговорное) где-то, приблизительно, около, примерновремени) - * about four o'clock приблизительно часа в четыре, около четырех часов в сочетаниях: - right * (американизм) всегда, непрерывно, постоянно - all * во всю длину;
    с самого начала;
    все время - he knew it all * он знал это все время - to be * приехать, прикатить - he will be * soon он скоро придет - I'll be * in ten minutes я вернусь через десять минут - get * with you! убирайтесь!;
    вон отсюда!;
    довольно! в пространственном значении указывает на движение вдоль чего-л.: вдоль (по), по - to walk * the road идти по дороге - to pass * the street проходить по улице, идти вдоль улицы - pass * the bus please! пройдите, пожалуйста, в середину салона ( автобуса) ! - to sail * the coast плыть вдоль берега - * here в этом направлении расположение вдоль чего-л (вдоль) по - bookcases * the walls книжные шкафы по стенам - trees * the river деревья по берегам реки - section * the line MP (математика) сечение по линии МР - all * the line по всей линии;
    во всем;
    во всех отношениях - a row of primroses * (by) the hedge ряд примул вдоль изгороди - cottages * by the lake коттеджи, расположенные вдоль озера указывает на течение действия: в течение, во время - somewhere * the journey I lost my hat во время путешествия я где-то потерял свою шляпу указывает на соответствие: с, согласно, по;
    на основании - * the lines just stated, I suggest we start the new project я предлагаю начать разработку нового проекта в соответствии с указанными здесь направлениями
    along prep вдоль, по;
    along the river вдоль реки;
    along the road по дороге;
    along the strike геол. по простиранию ~ вперед ~ по всей линии ~ с собой;
    come along! идем (вместе) !;
    he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты ~ все время;
    I knew it all along я это знал с самого начала
    along prep вдоль, по;
    along the river вдоль реки;
    along the road по дороге;
    along the strike геол. по простиранию
    along prep вдоль, по;
    along the river вдоль реки;
    along the road по дороге;
    along the strike геол. по простиранию
    along prep вдоль, по;
    along the river вдоль реки;
    along the road по дороге;
    along the strike геол. по простиранию
    ~ with вместе
    ~ с собой;
    come along! идем (вместе) !;
    he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты come: ~ along идти;
    сопровождать;
    come along! идем!;
    поторапливайся! ~ along идти;
    сопровождать;
    come along! идем!;
    поторапливайся! ~ along соглашаться
    ~ с собой;
    come along! идем (вместе) !;
    he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты
    ~ все время;
    I knew it all along я это знал с самого начала
    (all) ~ of разг. вследствие, из-за;
    it happened all along of your carelessness это произошло по вашей небрежности
    right ~ амер. всегда;
    непрерывно

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > along

  • 3 along

    [əˈlɔŋ]
    along prep вдоль, по; along the river вдоль реки; along the road по дороге; along the strike геол. по простиранию along вперед along по всей линии along с собой; come along! идем (вместе)!; he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты along все время; I knew it all along я это знал с самого начала (all) along of разг. вследствие, из-за; it happened all along of your carelessness это произошло по вашей небрежности along prep вдоль, по; along the river вдоль реки; along the road по дороге; along the strike геол. по простиранию along prep вдоль, по; along the river вдоль реки; along the road по дороге; along the strike геол. по простиранию along prep вдоль, по; along the river вдоль реки; along the road по дороге; along the strike геол. по простиранию along with вместе along с собой; come along! идем (вместе)!; he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты come: along along идти; сопровождать; come along! идем!; поторапливайся! along along идти; сопровождать; come along! идем!; поторапливайся! along along соглашаться along с собой; come along! идем (вместе)!; he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты help along содействовать help along способствовать along все время; I knew it all along я это знал с самого начала (all) along of разг. вследствие, из-за; it happened all along of your carelessness это произошло по вашей небрежности right along амер. всегда; непрерывно

    English-Russian short dictionary > along

  • 4 along

    [ə'lɔŋ] 1. предл.
    1) вдоль, по
    2) по ( в процессе); во время

    I lost my hat along the way — Я потерял шляпу по дороге.

    Syn:
    Syn:
    ••

    along the lines of — вроде, типа

    2. нареч.
    1) параллельно, рядом, в одном направлении

    He ran along beside me. — Он бежал прямо рядом со мной.

    Keep the line moving along. — Старайся вести линию вперёд.

    Syn:
    3) = along with вместе

    He planned the project along with his associates — Он разрабатывал проект вместе с коллегами.

    She took her brother along. — Она взяла с собой брата.

    He brought his instruments along. — Он принес с собой инструменты.

    5) далее, в продолжение

    The order was passed along from management to staff. — Приказ был передан от руководства персоналу.

    ••

    right alongамер. всегда; непрерывно

    along for the ride — неофициально присоединившийся, примкнувший

    Англо-русский современный словарь > along

  • 5 along

    1. adverb
    1) вперед
    2) по всей линии
    3) с собой; come along! идем (вместе)!; he brought his instruments along он принес с собой инструменты
    along with
    all along все время; I knew it all along я это знал с самого начала
    (all) along of collocation вследствие, из-за; it happened all along of your carelessness это произошло по вашей небрежности
    right along amer. всегда; непрерывно
    2. preposition
    вдоль, по; along the river вдоль реки; along the road по дороге; along the strike geol. по простиранию
    * * *
    (p) вдоль; по
    * * *
    * * *
    [a·long || ə'lɒŋ] adv. дальше, вперед, вдоль, по всей линии, по длине, вместе, с собой prep. вдоль, по, в направлении
    * * *
    вдоль
    лет-по
    по
    экстракт-по
    * * *
    1. предл. 1) вдоль 2) по (в процессе); во время 3) в соответствии 2. нареч. 1) в том же направлении 2) вперед 3) вместе (обычно с with)

    Новый англо-русский словарь > along

  • 6 along

    [ə'lɒŋ] 1. adv
    1) впере́д

    let us walk along — ході́мо да́лі

    2) ра́зом з собо́ю

    he brought his instruments along — він прині́с з собо́ю свої́ інструме́нти

    (all) along of розм. — че́рез, з-за, вна́слідок

    along with — ра́зом, уку́пі

    come along! — ході́м(о)!

    to get along — досяга́ти у́спіхів

    get along with you! — геть зві́дси!

    2. prep
    вздовж, по

    we went along the street — ми пішли́ по ву́лиці (ву́лицею)

    along the river — по́над рі́чкою, вздовж рі́чки

    English-Ukrainian transcription dictionary > along

  • 7 along

    [ə'lɒŋ]
    1) Общая лексика: в том же направлении, вдоль, вместе с, вперёд, вследствие, дальше, из конца в конец, на основании, параллельно, по (along the river - вдоль реки), по всей линии, расположение вдоль (чего-л.) (вдоль) по, с, с собой (he brought his instruments along - он принёс с собой инструменты), согласно, из-за, совместно, на... месяце (о сроке беременности)
    3) Железнодорожный термин: в длину
    4) Нефть: вдоль по

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > along

  • 8 play

    plei 1. verb
    1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leke
    2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille
    3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille, opptre i/som
    4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) oppføres, gå
    5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille
    6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spille (noen) et puss
    7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mot
    8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spille, blafre
    9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mot
    10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ut
    2. noun
    1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek(ing), underholdning
    2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespill, drama, teaterstykke
    3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) spill
    4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerom, klaring
    - playable
    - playful
    - playfully
    - playfulness
    - playboy
    - playground
    - playing-card
    - playing-field
    - playmate
    - playpen
    - playschool
    - plaything
    - playtime
    - playwright
    - at play
    - bring/come into play
    - child's play
    - in play
    - out of play
    - play at
    - play back
    - play down
    - play fair
    - play for time
    - play havoc with
    - play into someone's hands
    - play off
    - play off against
    - play on
    - play a
    - no part in
    - play safe
    - play the game
    - play up
    lek
    --------
    leke
    --------
    spill
    --------
    spille
    --------
    spøk
    I
    subst. \/pleɪ\/
    1) lek, leking, spill
    2) spøk, tull
    3) ordspill
    4) ( i spill) tur
    5) hasardspill, gambling, spill
    6) spill, fremførelse, forestilling
    7) skuespill, teaterstykke, drama
    let's go to a play!
    8) spill
    9) bevegelse, gang, virksomhet, aktivitet
    10) spillerom, armslag
    11) slark, klaring, rom, slakk
    slakke på tauet, fire ut mer tau
    12) arbeidsstans, arbeidsnedleggelse
    13) (amerikansk fotball, også play offensive)
    angrepsplan
    allow\/give something full play la noe få fritt spillerom, la noe få utvikle seg fritt
    gi sine evner fritt utløp, la sine evner få utvikle seg uhindret
    at play som deltar i lek
    be at play delta i lek
    be in full play være i full gang
    bring into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang
    call into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang, mobilisere, utvikle sette inn, spille inn, gjøre seg gjeldende
    come into play eller be brought into play eller be called into play komme i gang, tre i kraft, gjøre seg gjeldende gjøre seg gjeldende, spille inn
    dirty play skittent spill, stygt spill (i sport)
    fair play fair play, ærlig spill
    free play eller full play fritt spillerom, fritt utløp full handlefrihet
    hold\/keep somebody in play holde noen sysselsatt
    in play på spøk, på tull
    i lek, som lek ( om ball) i spill
    make a play for ( slang) forsøke å sjekke opp
    ( slang) forsøke å vinne til seg, bearbeide
    make play with gjøre et stort nummer av, kokettere med, bruke til å vise seg
    out of play ( om ball) død, ute av spill, ute
    place a play få satt opp et stykke
    play fair with være renhårig mot
    play on words ordspill
    see fair play se til at det går riktig for seg
    slow play ( sport) langsomt spill
    II
    verb \/pleɪ\/
    1) leke
    what shall we play?
    2) (om sport og spill, også overført) spille
    let's play cards!
    3) ( sport) spille mot noen, spille mot et lag
    4) spille, beherske (om musikkinstrument), fremføre, lyde (om selve instrumentet)
    do you play the piano?
    spiller du piano?, kan du spille piano?
    hun spilte en sonate, hun fremførte en sonate
    orgelet spiller, orgelet lyder
    5) (om CD, CD-spiller e.l.) spille
    6) spille (om rolle, drama, forestilling), fremføre (om drama), spille i\/på (om sted)
    fremføre\/spille en farse
    de hadde forestillinger\/konserter i alle storbyene
    7) spille, spille ut (om kort), flytte (om brikke)
    8) ( i spill) vedde, by, gamble
    9) ( om lys) leke, spille, skimre
    10) være i gang, være i funksjon
    11) ( overført) leke
    12) (hverdagslig, spesielt ved streik) gå ledig
    13) ( slang) samarbeide, være med, stille opp
    14) (i sport, om ball eller slag) slå
    15) rette, sikte, holde i gang
    play about løpe omkring og leke
    opptre uansvarlig, tulle
    stop playing about!
    play about with leke med, klå på, fingre på, pille på
    play along late som om en samarbeider
    play a part spille en rolle ( overført) spille komedie
    play around ha mange kjærlighetsforhold, flørte
    være utro være promiskuøs
    play at gjøre\/gjennomføre halvhjertet late som
    just what are you playing at?
    play a trick on bedra, lure, narre
    play away spille bort
    play back ( om lydopptak) spille gjennom, høre gjennom
    play down bagatellisere, avdramatisere, tone ned, dysse ned
    play down to the crowd ( overført) spille for galleriet
    played out utbrent, utslitt, tappet for energi gått av moten, ikke lenger nyttig
    den teorien har spilt ut sin rolle, denne teorien har ikke lenger noe for seg
    oppbrukt, ferdig
    play false ( om spill) spille falskt
    play fast and loose with leke med, behandle skjødesløst
    play fetch leke kast pinnen (med hund)
    play first begynne
    play for somebody akkompagnere noen, kompe noen
    play hard to get gjøre seg kostbar, spille kostbar
    play into somebody's hands gi noen overtaket uforvarende
    play it by the ear ta det som det kommer, ta noe som det faller seg
    play it cool ta det rolig, ha is i magen
    play it down on utnytte grovt snyte
    play it low\/down on somebody ( hverdagslig) utnytte noen grovt ( hverdagslig) lure noen, bedra noen
    play low spille med lave innsatser ( musikk) spille lavt
    play off spille ekstra kamp for å avgjøre en uavgjort kamp
    play on\/upon spille på, utnytte
    play one person off against another sette to personer opp mot hverandre
    play oneself out bli utmattet, bli utbrent
    slite seg ut
    play out spille ut, spille til ende bruke opp
    play over spille gjennom
    play safe gardere seg, seife, ikke ta sjanser
    play somebody spille mot noen
    ( i kamp e.l.) la noen spille, sette inn noen, plassere noen, stille opp noen
    play somebody along lure\/villede noen (over tid)
    play the field (amer., hverdagslig) more seg, flørte være rundbrenner, feie over så mange som mulig, ta for seg
    play the fool eller act the fool oppføre seg som en idiot, dumme seg ut
    play the game ( også overført) følge spillereglene
    play up ( britisk) være plagsom, lage trøbbel, gjøre ugagn (om person), lage vanskeligheter ( britisk) gjøre vondt, være til besvær
    det dårlige benet mitt begynner å verke igjen erte, irritere
    sette alle krefter til
    play up, the Reds!
    kom igjen, det røde laget!
    legge vekt på, fokusere på, slå stort opp, blåse opp, reklamere for
    play up to somebody innsmigre seg hos noen, snakke noen etter munnen
    ( teater eller overført) spille opp til noen støtte noen, bakke opp noen
    play up with ( slang) kullkaste, forpurre, ødelegge
    play well ( om bane e.l.) være god å spille på
    play with oneself ( forskjønnende) onanere, masturbere

    English-Norwegian dictionary > play

  • 9 Á

    * * *
    a negative suffix to verbs, not;
    era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.
    * * *
    1.
    á, prep., often used elliptically, or even adverbially, [Goth. ana; Engl. on; Germ. an. In the Scandinavian idioms the liquid n is absorbed. In English the same has been supposed to happen in adverbial phrases, e. g. ‘along, away, abroad, afoot, again, agate, ahead, aloft, alone, askew, aside, astray, awry,’ etc. It is indeed true that the Ormulum in its northern dialect freq. uses o, even in common phrases, such as ‘o boke, o land, o life, o slæpe, o strande, o write, o naht, o loft,’ etc., v. the glossary; and we may compare on foot and afoot, on sleep (Engl. Vers. of Bible) and asleep; A. S. a-butan and on-butan (about); agen and ongean (again, against); on bæc, aback; on life, alive; on middan, amid. But it is more than likely that in the expressions quoted above, as well as in numberless others, as well in old as in modern English, the English a- as well as the o- of the Ormulum and the modern Scottish and north of England o- are in reality remains of this very á pronounced au or ow, which was brought by the Scandinavian settlers into the north of England. In the struggle for supremacy between the English dialects after the Conquest, the Scandinavian form á or a won the day in many cases to the exclusion of the Anglo-Saxon on. Some of these adverbs have representatives only in the Scandinavian tongues, not in Anglo-Saxon; see below, with dat. B. II, C. VII; with acc. C. I. and VI. The prep. á denotes the surface or outside; í and ór the inside; at, til, and frá, nearness measured to or from an object: á thus answers to the Gr. επί; the Lat. in includes á and i together.]
    With dat. and acc.: in the first case with the notion of remaining on a place, answering to Lat. in with abl.; in the last with the notion of motion to the place, = Lat. in with acc.
    WITH DAT.
    A. Loc.
    I. generally on, upon; á gólfi, on the floor, Nj. 2; á hendi, on the hand (of a ring), 48, 225; á palli, 50; á steini, 108; á vegg, 115; á sjá ok á landi, on sea and land. In some instances the distinction between d and i is loose and wavering, but in most cases common sense and usage decide; thus ‘á bók’ merely denotes the letters, the penmanship, ‘í’ the contents of a book; mod. usage, however, prefers ‘í,’ lesa í bók, but stafr á bók. Old writers on the other hand; á bókum Enskum, in English books, Landn. 24, but í Aldafars bók, 23 (in the book De Mensurâ Temporum, by Bede), cp. Grág. i. 76, where á is a false reading instead of at; á bréfi, the contents of a letter: of clothing or arms, mítr á höfði, sverð á hlið, mitre on head, sword on side, Fms. i. 266, viii. 404; hafa lykil á sér, on one’s person, 655 xxvii. 22; möttull á tyglum, a mantle hanging on (i. e. fastened by) laces, Fms. vii. 201: á þingi means to be present at a meeting; í þingi, to abide within a jurisdiction; á himni, á jörðu, on (Engl. in) heaven and earth, e. g. in the Lord’s Prayer, but í helviti, in hell; á Gimli, Edda (of a heavenly abode); á báti, á skipi denote crew and cargo, ‘í’ the timber or materials of which a ship is built, Eg. 385; vera í stafni á skipi, 177: á skógi, to be abroad in a wood (of a hunter, robber, deer); but to be situated (a house), at work (to fell timber), í skógi, 573, Fs. 5, Fms. iii. 122, viii. 31, xi. 1, Glúm. 330, Landn. 173; á mörkinni, Fms. i. 8, but í mörk, of a farm; á firðinum means lying in a firth, of ships or islands (on the surface of the water), þær eyjar liggja á Breiðafirði, Ld. 36; but í firði, living in a district named Firth; á landi, Nj. 98, Fms. xi. 386.
    II. á is commonly used in connection with the pr. names or countries terminating in ‘land,’ Engl. in, á Englandi, Írlandi, Skotlandi, Bretlandi, Saxlandi, Vindlandi, Vínlandi, Grænalandi, Íslandi, Hálogalandi, Rogalandi, Jótlandi, Frakklandi, Hjaltlandi, Jamtalandi, Hvítramannalandi, Norðrlöndum, etc., vide Landn. and the index to Fms. xii. In old writers í is here very rare, in modern authors more frequent; taste and the context in many instances decide. An Icelander would now say, speaking of the queen or king, ‘á Englandi,’ ruling over, but to live ‘í Englandi,’ or ‘á Englandi;’ the rule in the last case not being quite fixed.
    2. in connection with other names of countries: á Mæri, Vörs, Ögðum, Fjölum, all districts of Norway, v. Landn.; á Mýrum (in Icel.), á Finnmörk, Landn., á Fjóni (a Danish island); but í Danmörk, Svíþjóð (á Svíþjóðu is poët., Gs. 13).
    3. before Icel. farms denoting open and elevated slopes and spaces (not too high, because then ‘at’ must be used), such as ‘staðr, völlr, ból, hjalli, bakki, heimr, eyri,’ etc.; á Veggjum, Landn. 69; á Hólmlátri, id.: those ending in ‘-staðr,’ á Geirmundarstöðum, Þórisstöðum, Jarðlangsstöðum…, Landn.: ‘-völlr,’ á Möðruvöllum: á Fitjum (the farm) í Storð (the island), í Fenhring (the island) á Aski (the farm), Landn., Eg.: ‘-nes’ sometimes takes á, sometimes í (in mod. usage always ‘í’), á Nesi, Eb. 14, or í Krossnesi, 30; in the last case the notion of island, νησος, prevails: so also, ‘fjörðr,’ as, þeir börðust á Vigrafirði (of a fight o n the ice), Landn. 101, but orusta í Hafrsfirði, 122: with ‘-bær,’ á is used in the sense of a farm or estate, hón sa á e-m bæ mikit hús ok fagrt, Edda 22; ‘í bæ’ means within doors, of the buildings: with ‘Bær’ as pr. name Landn. uses ‘í,’ 71, 160, 257, 309, 332.
    4. denoting on or just above; of the sun, when the time is fixed by regarding the sun in connection with points in the horizon, a standing phrase in Icel.; sól á gjáhamri, when the sun is on the crag of the Rift, Grág. i. 26, cp. Glúm. 387; so, brú á á, a bridge on a river, Fms. viii. 179, Hrafn. 20; taka hús á e-m, to surprise one, to take the house over his head, Fms. i. 11.
    III. á is sometimes used in old writers where we should now expect an acc., esp. in the phrase, leggja sverði (or the like) á e-m, or á e-m miðjum, to stab, Eg. 216, Gísl. 106, Band. 14; þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi, then Starkad stabbed the king with the wand, Fas. iii. 34; bíta á kampi (vör), to bite the lips, as a token of pain or emotion, Nj. 209, 68; taka á e-u, to touch a thing, lay hold of it, v. taka; fá á e-u, id. (poët.); leggja hendr á (better at) síðum, in wrestling, Fms. x. 331; koma á úvart á e-m, to come on one unawares, ix. 407 (rare).
    B. TEMP. of a particular point or period of time, at, on, in:
    I. gener. denoting during, in the course of; á nótt, degi, nætrþeli …, Bs. i. 139; or spec. adding a pron. or an adject., á næsta sumri, the next summer; á því ári, þingi, misseri, hausti, vári, sumri …, during, in that year …, Bs. i. 679, etc.; á þrem sumrum, in the course of three summers, Grág. i. 218; á þrem várum, Fms. ii. 114; á hálfs mánaðar fresti, within half a month’s delay, Nj. 99; á tvítugs, sextugs … aldri, á barns, gamals aldri, etc., at the age of …, v. aldr: á dögum e-s, in the days of, in his reign or time, Landn. 24, Hrafn. 3, Fms. ix. 229.
    II. used of a fixed recurrent period or season; á várum, sumrum, haustum, vetrum, á kveldum, every spring, summer …, in the evenings, Eg. 711, Fms. i. 23, 25, vi. 394, Landn. 292: with the numeral adverbs, cp. Lat. ter in anno, um sinn á mánuði, ári, once a month, once a year, where the Engl. a is not the article but the preposition, Grág. i. 89.
    III. of duration; á degi, during a whole day, Fms. v. 48; á sjau nóttum, Bárð. 166; á því meli, during that time, in the meantime, Grág. i. 259.
    IV. connected with the seasons (á vetri, sumri, vári, hausti), ‘á’ denotes the next preceding season, the last winter, summer, autumn, Eb. 40, 238, Ld. 206: in such instances ‘á’ denotes the past, ‘at’ the future, ‘í’ the present; thus í vetri in old writers means this winter; á vetri, last winter; at vetri, next winter, Eb. 68 (in a verse), etc.
    C. In various other relations, more or less metaphorically, on, upon, in, to, with, towards, against:
    I. denoting object, in respect of, against, almost periphrastically; dvelja á náðum e-s, under one’s protection, Fms. i. 74; hafa metnað á e-u, to be proud of, to take pride in a thing, 127.
    2. denoting a personal relation, in; bæta e-t á e-m, to make amends, i. e. to one personally; misgöra e-t á e-m, to inflict wrong on one; hafa elsku (hatr) á e-m, to bear love ( hatred) to one, Fms. ix. 242; hefna sín á e-m, to take revenge on one’s person, on anyone; rjúfa sætt á e-m, to break truce on the person of any one, to offend against his person, Nj. 103; hafa sár á sér, 101; sjá á e-m, to read on or in one’s face; sér hann á hverjum manni hvárt til þín er vel eðr illa, 106; var þat brátt auðséð á hennar högum, at …, it could soon be seen in all her doings, that …, Ld. 22.
    3. also generally to shew signs of a thing; sýna fáleika á sér, to shew marks of displeasure, Nj. 14, Fs. 14; taka vel, illa, lítt, á e-u, to take a thing well, ill, or indifferently, id.; finna á sér, to feel in oneself; fann lítt á honum, hvárt …, it could hardly be seen in his face, whether …, Eb. 42; líkindi eru á, it is likely, Ld. 172; göra kost á e-u, to give a choice, chance of it, 178; eiga vald á e-u, to have power over …, Nj. 10.
    II. denoting encumbrance, duty, liability; er fimtardómsmál á þeim, to be subject to …, Nj. 231; the phrase, hafa e-t á hendi, or vera á hendi e-m, on one’s hands, of work or duty to be done; eindagi á fé, term, pay day, Grág. i. 140; ómagi (skylda, afvinna) á fé, of a burden or encumbrance, D. I. and Grág. in several passages.
    III. with a personal pronoun, sér, mér, honum …, denoting personal appearance, temper, character, look, or the like; vera þungr, léttr … á sér, to be heavy or light, either bodily or mentally; þungr á sér, corpulent, Sturl. i. 112; kátr ok léttr á sér, of a gay and light temper, Fms. x. 152; þat bragð hafði hann á sér, he looked as if, … the expression of his face was as though …, Ld., cp. the mod. phrase, hafa á sér svip, bragð, æði, sið, of one’s manner or personal appearance, to bear oneself as, or the like; skjótr (seinn) á fæti, speedy ( slow) of foot, Nj. 258.
    IV. as a periphrasis of the possessive pronoun connected with the limbs or parts of the body. In common Icel. such phrases as my hands, eyes, head … are hardly ever used, but höfuð, eyru, hár, nef, munnr, hendr, fætr … á mér; so ‘í’ is used of the internal parts, e. g. hjarta, bein … í mér; the eyes are regarded as inside the body, augun í honum: also without the possessive pronoun, or as a periphrasis for a genitive, brjóstið á e-m, one’s breast, Nj. 95, Edda 15; súrnar í augum, it smarts in my eyes, my eyes smart, Nj. 202; kviðinn á sér, its belly, 655 xxx. 5, Fms. vi. 350; hendr á henni, her hands, Gísl. (in a verse); í vörunum á honum, on his lips, Band. 14; ristin á honum, his step, Fms. viii. 141; harðr í tungu, sharp of tongue, Hallfred (Fs. 114); kalt (heitt) á fingrum, höndum, fótum …, cold ( warm) in the fingers, hands, feet …, i. e. with cold fingers, etc.; cp. also the phrase, verða vísa (orð) á munni, of extemporising verses or speeches, freq. in the Sagas; fastr á fótum, fast by the leg, of a bondsman, Nj. 27: of the whole body, díla fundu þeir á honum, 209. The pers. pron. is used only in solemn style (poetry, hymns, the Bible), and perhaps only when influenced by foreign languages, e. g. mitt hjarta hví svo hryggist þú, as a translation of ‘warumb betrübst du dich mein Herz?’ the famous hymn by Hans Sachs; instead of the popular hjartað í mér, Sl. 43, 44: hjartað mitt is only used as a term of endearment, as by a husband to his wife, parents to their child, or the like, in a metaphorical sense; the heart proper is ‘í mér,’ not ‘mitt.’
    2. of other things, and as a periphrasis of a genitive, of a part belonging to the whole, e. g. dyrr á husi = húsdyrr, at the house-doors; turn á kirkju = kirkju turn; stafn, skutr, segl, árar … á skipi, the stem, stern, sail … of a ship, Fms. ix. 135; blöð á lauk, á tré …, leaves of a leek, of a tree …, Fas. i. 469; egg á sverði = sverðs egg; stafr á bók; kjölr á bók, and in endless other instances.
    V. denoting instrumentality, by, on, or a-, by means of; afla fjár á hólmgöngum, to make money a-duelling, by means of duels, Eg. 498; á verkum sínum, to subsist on one’s own work, Njarð. 366: as a law term, sekjast á e-ju, to be convicted upon …, Grág. i. 123; sekst maðr þar á sínu eigini ( a man is guilty in re sua), ef hann tekr af þeim manni er heimild ( possessio) hefir til, ii. 191; falla á verkum sínum, to be killed flagranti delicto, v. above; fella e-n á bragði, by a sleight in wrestling; komast undan á flótta, to escape by flight, Eg. 11; á hlaupi, by one’s feet, by speed, Hkr. ii. 168; lifa á e-u, to feed on; bergja á e-u, to taste of a thing; svala sér á e-u, to quench the thirst on.
    VI. with subst. numerals; á þriðja tigi manna, up to thirty, i. e. from about twenty to thirty, Ld. 194; á öðru hundraði skipa, from one to two hundred sail strong, Fms. x. 126; á níunda tigi, between eighty and ninety years of age, Eg. 764, v. above: used as prep., á hendi, on one’s hand, i. e. bound to do it, v. hönd.
    VII. in more or less adverbial phrases it may often be translated in Engl. by a participle and a- prefixed; á lopti, aloft; á floti, afloat; á lífi, alive; á verðgangi, a-begging; á brautu, away; á baki, a-back, behind, past; á milli, a-tween; á laun, alone, secretly; á launungu, id.; á móti, against; á enda, at an end, gone; á huldu, hidden; fara á hæli, to go a-heel, i. e. backwards, Fms. vii. 70;—but in many cases these phrases are transl. by the Engl. partic. with a, which is then perh. a mere prefix, not a prep., á flugi, a-flying in the air, Nj. 79; vera á gangi, a-going; á ferli, to be about; á leiki, a-playing, Fms. i. 78; á sundi, a-swimming, ii. 27; á verði, a-watching, x. 201; á hrakningi, a-wandering; á reiki, a-wavering; á skjálfi, a-shivering; á-hleri, a-listening; á tali, a-talking, Ísl. ii. 200; á hlaupi, a-running, Hkr. ii. 268; á verki, a-working; á veiðum, a-hunting; á fiski, a-fishing; á beit, grazing: and as a law term it even means in flagranti, N. G. L. i. 348.
    VIII. used absolutely without a case in reference to the air or the weather, where ‘á’ is almost redundant; þoka var á mikil, a thick fog came on, Nj. 267; niðamyrkr var á, pitch darkness came on, Eg. 210; allhvast á norðan, a very strong breeze from the north, Fms. ix. 20; þá var á norðrænt, a north wind came on, 42, Ld. 56; hvaðan sem á er, from whatever point the wind is; var á hríð veðrs, a snow storm came on, Nj. 282; görði á regn, rain came on, Fms. vi. 394, xi. 35, Ld. 156.
    WITH ACC.
    A. Loc.
    I. denoting simple direction towards, esp. connected with verbs of motion, going, or the like; hann gékk á bergsnös, Eg. 389; á hamar, Fas. ii. 517.
    2. in phrases denoting direction; liggja á útborða, lying on the outside of the ship, Eg. 354; á annat borð skipinu, Fms. vii. 260; á bæði borð, on both sides of the ship, Nj. 124, Ld. 56; á tvær hliðar, on both sides, Fms. v. 73. Ísl. ii. 159; á hlið, sidewards; út á hlið, Nj. 262, Edda 44; á aðra hönd henni, Nj. 50, Ld. 46; höggva á tvær hendr, to hew or strike right and left, Ísl. ii. 368, Fas. i. 384, Fms. viii. 363, x. 383.
    3. upp á, upon; hann tók augu Þjaza ok kastaði upp á himin, Edda 47: with verbs denoting to look, see, horfa, sjá, líta, etc.; hann rak skygnur á land, he cast glances towards the land, Ld. 154.
    II. denoting direction with or without the idea of arriving:
    1. with verbs denoting to aim at; of a blow or thrust, stefna á fótinn, Nj. 84; spjótið stefnir á hann miðjan, 205: of the wind, gékk veðrit á vestr, the wind veered to west, Fms. ix. 28; sigla á haf, to stand out to sea, Hkr. i. 146, Fms. i. 39: with ‘út’ added, Eg. 390, Fms. x. 349.
    2. conveying the notion of arriving, or the intervening space being traversed; spjótið kom á miðjan skjöldinn, Eg. 379, Nj. 96, 97; langt upp á land, far up inland, Hkr. i. 146: to reach, taka ofan á belti, of the long locks of a woman, to reach down to the belt, Nj. 2; ofan á bringu, 48; á þa ofan, 91.
    III. without reference to the space traversed, connected with verbs denoting to go, turn, come, ride, sail, throw, or the like, motion of every kind; hann kastar honum á völlinn, he flings him down, Nj. 91; hlaupa á skip sitt, to leap on board his ship, 43; á hest, to mount quickly, Edda 75; á lend hestinum, Nj. 91; hann gengr á sáðland sitt, he walks on to his fields, 82: on, upon, komast á fætr, to get upon one’s legs, 92; ganga á land, to go a-shore, Fms. i. 40; ganga á þing, vii. 242, Grág. (often); á skóg, á merkr ok skóga, into a wood, Fb. i. 134, 257, Fms. xi. 118, Eg. 577, Nj. 130; fara á Finnmörk, to go travelling in Finmark, Fms. i. 8; koma, fara á bæ, to arrive at the farm-house; koma á veginn, Eg. 578; stíga á bát, skip, to go on board, 158; hann gékk upp á borg, he went up to the burg (castle), 717; en er þeir komu á loptriðið, 236; hrinda skipum á vatn, to float the ships down into the water, Fms. i. 58; reka austr á haf, to drift eastwards on the sea, x. 145; ríða ofan á, to ride down or over, Nj. 82.
    IV. in some cases the acc. is used where the dat. would be used, esp. with verbs denoting to see or hear, in such phrases as, þeir sá boða mikinn inn á fjörðinn, they saw great breakers away up in the bight of the firth, the acc. being due perhaps to a motion or direction of the eye or ear towards the object, Nj. 124; sá þeir fólkit á land, they saw the people in the direction of land, Fas. ii. 517: in phrases denoting to be placed, to sit, to be seated, the seat or bench is freq. in the acc. where the dat. would now be used; konungr var þar á land upp, the king was then up the country, the spectator or narrator is conceived as looking from the shore or sea-side, Nj. 46; sitja á miðjan bekk, to be seated on the middle bench, 50; skyldi konungs sæti vera á þann bekk … annat öndvegi var á hinn úæðra pall; hann setti konungs hásæti á miðjan þverpall, Fms. vi. 439, 440, cp. Fagrsk. l. c., Sturl. iii. 182; eru víða fjallbygðir upp á mörkina, in the mark or forest, Eg. 58; var þar mörk mikil á land upp, 229; mannsafnaðr er á land upp (viewed from the sea), Ld. 76; stóll var settr á mótið, Fas. i. 58; beiða fars á skip, to beg a passage, Grág. i. 90.
    V. denoting parts of the body; bíta e-n á barka, to bite one in the throat, Ísl. ii. 447; skera á háls, to cut the throat of any one, Nj. 156; brjóta e-n á háls, to break any one’s neck; brjóta e-n á bak, to break any one’s back, Fms. vii. 119; kalinn á kné, frozen to the knees with cold, Hm. 3.
    VI. denoting round; láta reipi á háls hesti, round his horse’s neck, 623. 33; leggja söðul á hest, Nj. 83; and ellipt., leggja á, to saddle; breiða feld á hofuð sér, to wrap a cloak over his head, 164; reyta á sik mosa, to gather moss to cover oneself with, 267; spenna hring á hönd, á fingr, Eg. 300.
    VII. denoting a burden; stela mat á tvá hesta, hey á fimtán hesta, i. e. a two, a fifteen horse load, Nj. 74: metaph., kjósa feigð á menn, to choose death upon them, i. e. doom them to death, Edda 22.
    B. TEMP.
    I. of a period of time, at, to; á morgun, to-morrow (í morgun now means the past morning, the morning of to-day), Ísl. ii. 333.
    II. if connected with the word day, ‘á’ is now used before a fixed or marked day, a day of the week, a feast day, or the like; á Laugardag, á Sunnudag …, on Saturday, Sunday, the Old Engl. a-Sunday, a-Monday, etc.; á Jóladaginn, Páskadaginn, on Yule and Easter-day; but in old writers more often used ellipt. Sunnudaginn, Jóladaginn …, by dropping the prep. ‘á,’ Fms. viii. 397, Grág. i. 18.
    III. connected with ‘dagr’ with the definite article suffixed, ‘á’ denotes a fixed, recurring period or season, in; á daginn, during the day-time, every day in turn, Grett. 91 A.
    IV. connected with ‘evening, morning, the seasons,’ with the article; á kveldit, every evening, Ld. 14; á sumarit, every summer, Vd. 128, where the new Ed. Fs. 51 reads sumrum; á haust, every autumn, Eg. 741 (perh. a misprint instead of á haustin or á haustum); á vetrinn, in the winter time, 710; á várit, every spring, Gþl. 347; the sing., however, is very rare in such cases, the old as well as mod. usage prefers the plur.; á nætrnar, by night, Nj. 210; á várin, Eg. 710; á sumrin, haustin, á morgnana, in the morning (á morgin, sing., means to-morrow); á kveldin, in the evening, only ‘dagr’ is used in sing., v. above (á daginn, not á dagana); but elliptically and by dropping the article, Icelanders say, kveld og morgna, nótt og dag, vetr sumar vor og haust, in the same sense as those above mentioned.
    V. denoting duration, the article is dropped in the negative phrase, aldri á sinn dag, never during one’s life; aldri á mína daga, never in my life, Bjarn. 8, where a possess. pron. is put between noun and prep., but this phrase is very rare. Such phrases as, á þann dag, that day, and á þenna dag, Stj. 12, 655 xxx. 2. 20, are unclassical.
    VI. á dag without article can only be used in a distributive sense, e. g. tvisvar á dag, twice a-day; this use is at present freq. in Icel., yet instances from old writers are not on record.
    VII. denoting a movement onward in time, such as, liðið á nótt, dag, kveld, morgun, sumar, vetr, vár, haust (or nóttina, daginn …), jól, páska, föstu, or the like, far on in the night, day …, Edda 33; er á leið vetrinn, when the winter was well on, as the winter wore on, Nj. 126; cp. áliðinn: also in the phrase, hniginn á inn efra aldr, well stricken in years, Ld. 68.
    C. Metaph. and in various relations:
    I. somewhat metaphorically, denoting an act only (not the place); fara á fund, á vit e-s, to call for one, Eg. 140; koma á ræðu við e-n, to come to a parley with, to speak, 173; ganga á tal, Nj. 103; skora á hólm, to challenge to a duel on an island; koma á grið, to enter into a service, to be domiciled, Grág. i. 151; fara á veiðar, to go a-hunting, Fms. i. 8.
    β. generally denoting on, upon, in, to; bjóða vöxtu á féit, to offer interest on the money, Grág. i. 198; ganga á berhögg, to come to blows, v. berhögg; fá á e-n, to make an impression upon one, Nj. 79; ganga á vápn e-s, to throw oneself on an enemy’s weapon, meet him face to face, Rd. 310; ganga á lagið, to press on up the spear-shaft after it has passed through one so as to get near one’s foe, i. e. to avail oneself of the last chance; bera fé á e-n, to bribe, Nj. 62; bera öl á e-n, to make drunk, Fas. i. 13; snúinn á e-t, inclined to, Fms. x. 142; sammælast á e-t, to agree upon, Nj. 86; sættast, verða sáttr á e-t, in the same sense, to come to an agreement, settlement, or atonement, 78, Edda 15, Eb. 288, Ld. 50, Fms. i. 279; ganga á mála, to serve for pay as a soldier, Nj. 121; ganga á vald e-s, to put oneself in his power, 267; ganga á sætt, to break an agreement; vega á veittar trygðir, to break truce, Grág. ii. 169.
    II. denoting in regard to, in respect to:
    1. of colour, complexion, the hue of the hair, or the like; hvítr, jarpr, dökkr … á hár, having white, brown, or dark … hair, Ísl. ii. 190, Nj. 39; svartr á brún ok brá, dark of brow and eyebrow; dökkr á hörund, id., etc.
    2. denoting skill, dexterity; hagr á tré, a good carpenter; hagr á járn, málm, smíðar …, an expert worker in iron, metals …, Eg. 4; fimr á boga, good at the bow: also used of mastership in science or arts, meistari á hörpuslátt, a master in striking the harp, Fas. iii. 220; fræðimaðr á kvæði, knowing many poems by heart, Fms. vi. 391; fræðimaðr á landnámssögur ok forna fræði, a learned scholar in histories and antiquities (of Are Frode), Ísl. ii. 189; mikill á íþrótt, skilful in an art, Edda (pref.) 148; but dat. in the phrase, kunna (vel) á skíðum, to be a cunning skater, Fms. i. 9, vii. 120.
    3. denoting dimensions; á hæð, lengd, breidd, dýpt …, in the heighth, length, breadth, depth …, Eg. 277; á hvern veg, on each side, Edda 41 (square miles); á annan veg, on the one side, Grág. i. 89.
    β. the phrase, á sik, in regard to oneself, vel (illa) á sik kominn, of a fine ( ugly) appearance, Ld. 100, Fas. iii. 74.
    III. denoting instrumentality; bjargast á sínar hendr, to live on the work of one’s own hands, (á sínar spýtur is a mod. phrase in the same sense); (vega) á skálir, pundara, to weigh in scales, Grág. ii. 370; at hann hefði tvá pundara, ok hefði á hinn meira keypt en á hinn minna selt, of a man using two scales, a big one for buying and a little one for selling, Sturl. i. 91; á sinn kostnað, at one’s own expense; nefna e-n á nafn, by name, Grág. i. 17, etc. The Icel. also say, spinna á rokk, snældu, to spin on or with a rock or distaff; mala á kvern, to grind in a ‘querne,’ where Edda 73 uses dat.; esp. of musical instruments, syngja, leika á hljóðfæri, hörpu, gígju …; in the old usage, leika hörpu …, Stj. 458.
    IV. denoting the manner or way of doing:
    1. á þessa lund, in this wise, Grág. ii. 22; á marga vega, á alla, ymsa vega, in many, all, respects, Fms. i. 114; á sitt hóf, in its turn, respectively, Ld. 136, where the context shews that the expression answers to the Lat. mutatis mutandis; á Þýðersku, after German fashion, Sks. 288.
    2. esp. of language; mæla, rita á e-a tungu, to speak, write in a tongue; á Írsku, in Irish, Ld. 76; Norrænu, in Norse, Eb. 330, Vm. 35; a Danska tungu, in Danish, i. e. Scandinavian, Norse, or Icelandic, Grág. i. 18; á Vára tungu, i. e. in Icelandic, 181; rita á Norræna tungu, to write in Norse, Hkr. (pref.), Bs. i. 59:—at present, dat. is sometimes used.
    3. in some phrases the acc. is used instead of the dat.; hann sýndi á sik mikit gaman, Fms. x. 329; hann lét ekki á sik finna, he shewed no sign of motion, Nj. 111; skaltú önga fáleika á þik gera (Cod. Kalf.), 14.
    V. used in a distributive sense; skal mörk kaupa gæzlu á kú, eðr oxa fim vetra gamlan, a mark for every cow, Grág. i. 147; alin á hvert hross, 442; á mann, per man (now freq.): cp. also á dag above, lit. B.
    VI. connected with nouns,
    1. prepositional; á hendr (with dat.), against; á hæla, at heel, close behind; á bak, at back, i. e. past, after; á vit (with gen.), towards.
    2. adverbially; á braut, away, abroad; á víxl, in turns; á mis, amiss; á víð ok dreif, a-wide and a-drift, i. e. dispersedly.
    3. used almost redundantly before the following prep.; á eptir, after, behind; á undan, in front of; á meðal, á milli, among; á mót, against; á við, about, alike; á frá (cp. Swed. ifrån), from (rare); á fyrir = fyrir, Haustl. 1; á hjá, beside (rare); á fram, a-head, forwards; á samt, together; ávalt = of allt, always: following a prep., upp á, upon; niðr á, down upon; ofan á, eptir á, post eventum, (temp.) á eptir is loc., id., etc.
    VII. connected with many transitive verbs, answering to the Lat. ad- or in-, in composition, in many cases periphrastically for an objective case. The prep. generally follows after the verb, instead of being prefixed to it as in Lat., and answers to the Engl. on, to; heita kalla, hrópa á, to call on; heyra, hlusta, hlyða á, to hearken to, listen to; hyggja, hugsa á, to think on; minna á, to remind; sjá, líta, horfa, stara, mæna, glápa, koma auga … á, to look on; girnast á, to wish for; trúa á, to believe on; skora á, to call on any one to come out, challenge; kæra á, to accuse; heilsa á, to greet; herja, ganga, ríða, hlaupa, ráða … á, to fall on, attack, cp. ágangr, áreið, áhlaup; ljúga á, to tell lies of, to slander; telja á, to carp at; ausa, tala, hella, kasta, verpa … á, to pour, throw on; ríða, bera, dreifa á, to sprinkle on; vanta, skorta á, to fall short of; ala á, to plead, beg; leggja á, to throw a spell on, lay a saddle on; hætta á, to venture on; gizka á, to guess at; kveða á, to fix on, etc.: in a reciprocal sense, haldast á, of mutual strife; sendast á, to exchange presents; skrifast á, to correspond (mod.); kallast á, to shout mutually; standast á, to coincide, so as to be just opposite one another, etc.
    2.
    f. [Lat. aqua; Goth. ahva; Hel. aha; A. S. eâ; O. H. G. aha, owa; cp. Germ. ach and aue; Fr. eau, eaux; Engl. Ax-, Ex-, etc., in names of places; Swed.-Dan. å; the Scandinavians absorb the hu, so that only a single vowel or diphthong remains of the whole word]:—a river. The old form in nom. dat. acc. sing. is , v. the introduction to A, page 1, Bs. i. 333 sq., where ́n, ́ (acc.), and ́na; so also Greg. 677; the old fragm. of Grág. ii. 222, 223, new Ed. In the Kb. of the Edda the old form occurs twice, viz. page 75, ́na (acc.), (but two lines below, ána), í ́nni (dat.) The old form also repeatedly occurs in the Kb. and Sb. of the Grág., e. g. ii. 266, 267: gen. sing. ár; nom. pl. ár, gen. á contracted, dat. ám, obsolete form ́m; Edda 43, Eg. 80, 99, 133, 185: proverbs, at ósi skal á stemma, answering to the Lat. principiis obsta, Edda 60; hér kemr á til sæfar, here the river runs into the sea, metaph. = this is the very end, seems to have been a favourite ending of old poems; it is recorded in the Húsdrápa and the Norðsetadrápa, v. Edda 96, Skálda 198; cp. the common saying, oil vötn renna til sævar, ‘all waters run into the sea.’ Rivers with glacier water are in Icel. called Hvítá, White river, or Jökulsá: Hitá, Hot river, from a hot spring, opp. to Kaldá, v. Landn.: others take a name from the fish in them, as Laxá, Lax or Salmon river (freq.); Örriða á, etc.: a tributary river is þverá, etc.: ár in the Njála often means the great rivers Ölfusá and Þjórsá in the south of Iceland. Áin helga, a river in Sweden, Hkr. ii: á is also suffixed to the names of foreign rivers, Tempsá = Thames; Dóná, Danube (Germ. Don-au), (mod.), etc. Vide Edda (Gl.) 116, 117, containing the names of over a hundred North-English and Scottish rivers.
    COMPDS: áráll, árbakki, árbrot, ardjúp, árfarvegr, árfors, árgljúfr, árhlutr, ármegin, árminni, ármót, áróss, árreki, árstraumr, árströnd, árvað, árvegr, árvöxtr.

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    A n
    1 Theat pièce f (about sur) ; the characters in a play les personnages d'une pièce ; a radio play, a play for radio une pièce radiophonique ; a one-/five-act play une pièce en un acte/en cinq actes ;
    2 (amusement, recreation) the sound of children at play le bruit d'enfants en train de jouer ; the rich at play les riches dans leurs moments de loisir ; to learn through play apprendre par le jeu ;
    3 Sport, Games play starts at 11 la partie commence à 11 heures ; there was no play today il n'y a pas eu de partie aujourd'hui ; rain stopped play la partie a dû être arrêtée à cause de la pluie ; one evening's play ( in cards) une soirée de jeu ; the ball is out of play/in play la balle est hors jeu/en jeu ; there was some good defensive play la défense a été bonne ; there was some fine play from the Danish team l'équipe danoise a bien joué ;
    4 (movement, interaction) jeu m ; to come into play entrer en jeu ; it has brought new factors into play cela a introduit de nouveaux éléments ; the play of light on the water/of shadows against the wall le jeu de la lumière sur la surface de l'eau/des ombres contre le mur ; the play of forces beyond our comprehension le jeu de forces qui dépassent notre compréhension ; the free play of the imagination le libre jeu de l'imagination ;
    5 ( manipulation) jeu m ; a play on words un jeu de mots ; a play on the idea of reincarnation un jeu sur la notion de la réincarnation ;
    6 US ( in football) tactique f ;
    7 Mech ( scope for movement) jeu m (between entre ; in dans) ; there's some play in the lock il y a du jeu dans la serrure ;
    8 Fishg to give a line more/less play donner du mou à/tendre une ligne.
    B vtr
    1 ( for amusement) to play football/bridge jouer au football/au bridge ; to play cards/a computer game jouer aux cartes/à un jeu électronique ; to play sb at chess/at tennis, to play chess/tennis with sb jouer aux échecs/au tennis avec qn ; to play a game of chess/of tennis with sb jouer une partie d'échecs/de tennis avec qn ; I'll play you a game of chess on peut faire une partie d'échecs si tu veux ; she plays basketball for her country elle est dans l'équipe nationale de basketball ; to play shop/hide and seek jouer à la marchande/ à cache-cache ; to play a joke on sb jouer un tour à qn ;
    2 Mus jouer [symphony, chord] ; to play the guitar/the piano jouer de la guitare/du piano ; to play a tune on a clarinet jouer un air à la clarinette ; to play a piece to ou for sb jouer un morceau à qn ; play them a tune joue-leur un air ; they will play a nationwide tour ils vont en tournée dans tout le pays ; they're playing the jazz club on Saturday ils jouent au club de jazz samedi ;
    3 ( act out) Theat interpréter, jouer [role] ; to play (the part of) Cleopatra interpréter or jouer (le rôle de) Cléopâtre ; Cleopatra, played by Elizabeth Taylor Cléopâtre, interprétée or jouée par Elizabeth Taylor ; he plays a young officer il joue un jeune officier ; to play the diplomat/the sympathetic friend fig jouer au diplomate/à l'ami compatissant ; to play a leading role in public affairs jouer un rôle déterminant dans les affaires publiques ; to play a significant part in the creation of a clean environment jouer un rôle important dans la création d'un environnement propre ; I'm not sure how to play things je ne sais pas trop comment procéder ; that's the way I play things c'est ma façon de faire ; to play a line for laughs dire une réplique de façon à faire rire tout le monde ;
    4 Audio mettre [tape, video, CD] ; play me the record mets-moi le disque ; to play music écouter de la musique ; the tape was played to the court on a fait entendre la bande au tribunal ; let me play the jazz tape for you je vais vous faire entendre la cassette de jazz ;
    5 Sport ( in a position) [coach, manager] faire jouer [player] ; to play goal/wing être gardien de but/ailier ; he plays goal for Fulchester il est gardien de but dans l'équipe de Fulchester ;
    6 Sport (hit, kick) [golfer, tennis player] envoyer [ball] ; [basketball player] lancer [ball] ; to play the ball over the goal tirer le ballon par-dessus la cage ; to play the ball to sb passer la balle à qn ; to play a forehand délivrer un coup droit ;
    7 Games (in chess, draughts) déplacer [piece] ; ( in cards) jouer [card] ; to play a club jouer du trèfle ; to play the tables ( in roulette) miser ;
    8 Fin to play the stock market boursicoter ;
    9 Fishg épuiser [fish].
    C vi
    1 [children] jouer (with avec) ; to play together jouer ensemble ; can Rosie come out to play? est-ce que Rosie peut venir jouer? ; to play at soldiers/at keeping shop jouer aux soldats/à la marchande ; to play at hide and seek jouer à cache-cache ;
    2 fig she's only playing at her job elle ne travaille pas vraiment ; to play at being a manager/an artist jouer au directeur/à l'artiste ; what does he think he's playing at ? GB qu'est-ce qu'il fabrique ? ;
    3 Sport, Games jouer ; do you play? est-ce que tu sais jouer? ; have you played yet? avez-vous joué? ; to play out of turn jouer avant son tour ; I've seen them play ( team) je les ai vus jouer ; England is playing against Ireland l'Angleterre joue contre l'Irlande ; he plays for Liverpool il joue dans l'équipe de Liverpool ; she played for her club in the semifinal elle a joué dans l'équipe de son club en demi-finale ; to play in goal être dans les buts ; to play for money [cardplayer] jouer pour de l'argent ; to play fair jouer franc jeu ;
    4 Sport (hit, shoot) to play into a bunker/the net envoyer la balle dans un bunker/le filet ; to play to sb's backhand jouer sur le revers de qn ;
    5 Mus [musician, band, orchestra] jouer (for pour) ; to play on the flute/on the xylophone jouer de la flûte/du xylophone ; to play to large audiences/to small groups jouer devant un grand public/pour de petits groupes ;
    6 Cin, Theat [play] se jouer ; [film] passer ; [actor] jouer ; ‘Macbeth’ is playing at the Gate ‘Macbeth’ se joue au Gate ; she's playing opposite him in ‘Macbeth’ elle joue avec lui dans ‘Macbeth’ ; he's playing to packed houses il joue devant des salles combles ;
    7 ( make noise) [fountain, water] couler, jaser littér ; a record played softly in the background un disque jouait doucement en arrière-fond ; I could hear music/the tape playing in the next room j'entendais de la musique/la bande dans la pièce à côté ;
    8 ( move lightly) sunlight played over the water le soleil jouait sur l'eau ; a breeze played across the lake une brise effleurait la surface du lac ; a smile played around ou on her lips un sourire flottait sur ses lèvres.
    to play for time essayer de gagner du temps ; we have everything to play for rien n'est encore gagné ; to play sb false ne pas jouer franc jeu avec qn ; they played to her strengths ( in interview) il ne lui ont rien demandé de difficile ; he doesn't play to his own strengths il n'utilise pas ses capacités ; all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) Prov il n'y a pas que le travail dans la vie ; to make a play for sb draguer qn ; to make great play of sth/of the fact that accorder beaucoup d'importance à qch/au fait que.
    1 ( acquiesce) entrer dans le jeu ; to play along with sb entrer dans le jeu de qn ;
    2 ( accompany) I'll sing, you play along on the piano je chante et tu m'accompagnes au piano ; to play along with sb/with a song accompagner qn/une chanson.
    play around
    1 ( be promiscuous) coucher à droite et à gauche ;
    2 ( act the fool) faire l'imbécile ; to play around with (rearrange, juggle) changer [qch] de place [chairs, ornaments] ; jongler avec [dates, figures] ; ( fiddle) jouer avec [paperclips, pens] ; to play around with the idea of doing caresser vaguement l'idée de faire ; how much time/money do we have to play around with? combien de temps/d'argent avons-nous à notre disposition?
    play back:
    play [sth] back, play back [sth] rejouer [qch] du début [song] ; repasser [film, video] ; to play sth back to sb faire réentendre qch à qn [record, music] ; repasser qch à qn [video, film].
    play down:
    play down [sth] minimiser [defeat, disaster, effects].
    play off: to play sb off against sb monter qn contre qn (pour en tirer avantage) ; they can play the companies/buyers off against each other ils peuvent créer une concurrence entre les sociétés/acheteurs.
    play on:
    play on
    1 [musicians, footballers] continuer à jouer ;
    2 ( in cricket) envoyer la balle sur son propre guichet ;
    play on [sth] exploiter [fears, prejudices] ; jouer avec [idea].
    play out:
    play out [sth] vivre [fantasy] ; their love affair was played out against a background of war leur histoire d'amour s'est déroulée sur un fond de guerre ; the drama which is being played out in India le drame qui se joue aux Indes.
    play up:
    play up [computer, person] commencer à faire des siennes ; the children are playing up again les enfants recommencent à en faire des leurs ; my rheumatism is playing up mes rhumatismes me taquinent ;
    play up [sth] mettre l'accent sur [dangers, advantages, benefits] ; to play up a story Journ monter une histoire en épingle.
    play with:
    play with [sth]
    1 ( fiddle) jouer avec [pen, food, paperclip] ; to play with oneself euph ( masturbate) se tripoter ;
    2 ( toy) to play with words jouer avec les mots ; to play with sb's affections jouer avec les sentiments de qn ;
    3 ( be insincere) to play with sb jouer avec qn.

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