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1 synkkä erämaa
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2 глухие дебри
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3 пустынная дикая местность
General subject: howling wildernessУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > пустынная дикая местность
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4 степь печальная и дикая
Bible: howling wildernessУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > степь печальная и дикая
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5 dziko
adv. 1. [żyć, rosnąć] wild adj.- wzgórza prezentowały się dziko i niedostępnie the hills looked wild and inaccessible- zrywał dziko rosnącą pietruszkę he picked some self-set parsley a. some parsley that was growing wild- pieczeń wołowa na dziko roast beef à la game a. venison2. (nieufnie) [zachowywać się] unsociably, aloofly 3. (gwałtownie) wildly- poczuła się dziko szczęśliwa she felt wildly happy- zaczęła dziko krzyczeć she started to scream wildly- reagował dziko i z furią his reactions were wild and furious4. (nielegalnie) mieszkali dziko w pomieszczeniach po dawnej pralni they were squatting in the old laundry- pracować na dziko to work illegally5. pot. (dziwacznie) [ubierać się] wildly, extravagantly- czesać się dziko to sport wild hairstyles- malować się dziko to use extravagant make-up* * *adv.wildly; mieszkać na dziko squat; przyrządzać coś na dziko kulin. cook l. prepare meat like game; dziko wyglądająca okolica uncivilized region, wilderness; dziko błyszczące oczy crazed look, wildly shining eyes; dziko wyjące psy dogs howling loudly; dziko brzmiące nazwisko strange name.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > dziko
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6 VARGR
(-s, -ar), m.1) wolf (trollkona sat á vargi);2) thief, robber, miscreant;eyða vörgum, to destroy miscreants;3) outlaw (Eyvindr hafði vegit í véum, ok var hann vargr orðinn).* * *m. [A. S. wearg; Hel. warag; the root-word is preserved in Germ. er-würgen, whence virgull, q. v., and Engl. worry; vargr and úlfr are said to be from the same root]:—a wolf; berr björn, bítr vargr, N. G. L. i. 341; riða á vargi, Hkv. Hjörv.; trollkona sat á vargi, Fms. vi. 403; marga varga, Nj. 95; vaða vargar með úlfum, a saying, Fas. i. 11; sem menn viðast varga reka (prop. allit. varga vreka), as wide as wolves are hunted, Grág.: sem vargr í sauða-dun, Sd. 164: poët. of any beast of prey, varga vinr, Hkv. 1. 6 (of ravens); hann barg fjörvi varga, Vellekla: the saying, sjaldan vægir vargrinn, the wolf spares not; vargarnir etask þar til er at halanum kemr, Band.; vargs-hamr, -hár, -hold, a wolf’s skin, hair, flesh, Str. 32, Fas. i. 199, Fms. i. 273; vargs-líki, -rödd, Edda 8, Fas. i. 130; varga flokkr, a flock of wolves, iii. 77; varga matr, i. 139; varga-þytr, a howling of wolves, 205: varga leifar, a ‘wolf’s homestead’(see leif), i. e. the wood, the wilderness, Gkv. 2. 11: in Icel. vargr is used of the fox.II. a law phrase, metaph. an outlaw, who is to be hunted down as a wolf, esp. used of one who commits a crime in a holy place, and is thereon declared accursed; hann hafði vegit í véum ok var hann vargr orðinn, Eg. 259; vargr í véum, a wolf in the sanctuary, Fms. xi. 40 (goð-vargr): also of a truce-breaker, hann skal svá víða v. heita sem veröld er bygð, Grág. (cp. grið-vargr); armr er vára vargr, Sdm.; eyða vörgum, to destroy miscreants, Fms. xi. (in a verse); úvísa-vargr, see p. 667.2. in mod. usage, a violent, ill-tempered person; hón er mesti vargr, a fury of a woman; geð-vargr, skap-vargr, a fury: poët. compds, varg-fæðandi, -fæðir, -hollr, -nistir, -teitir, a feeder, … cheerer of the wolf, i. e. a warrior, Lex. Poët.
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