truce agreement

[əˈɡri:mənt]

adoption agreement договор об усыновлении (удочерении) affiliation agreement соглашение о переходе под контроль другой компании agency agreement агентский договор agency agreement агентское соглашение agency agreement договор о посредничестве agency agreement соглашение о посредничестве agency agreement соглашение об агентских услугах agreement договор, соглашение; agreement by piece сдельная плата agreement договор agreement договоренность agreement контракт agreement совпадение agreement (взаимное) согласие; agreement of opinion единомыслие; to come to an agreement прийти к соглашению agreement согласие agreement грам. согласование agreement соглашение agreement соглашение (документ) agreement соответствие agreement договор, соглашение; agreement by piece сдельная плата agreement for exchange of goods соглашение об обмене товарами agreement in principle принципиальная договоренность agreement in principle принципиальное согласие agreement in writing письменная договоренность agreement (взаимное) согласие; agreement of opinion единомыслие; to come to an agreement прийти к соглашению agreement of purchase and sale договор купли-продажи agreement on budget соглашение о бюджете agreement on European economic cooperation договор о европейском экономическом сотрудничестве agreement on European economic space договор о европейском экономическом пространстве agreement on scope of authority юр. договор об объеме полномочий agreement on tax reform соглашение о налоговой реформе agreement on transfer of ownership договор о передаче собственности agreement on venue юр. согласие о месте рассмотрения дела agreement to be fined summarily закон.наказ. согласие на наложение штрафа в упрощенном порядке agreement to sell соглашение о продаже antenuptial agreement сем.право добрачный договор arbitration agreement арбитражное соглашение arrive at agreement достигать соглашения arrive at agreement приходить к соглашению assistance agreement соглашение о содействии association agreement договор о сотрудничестве author-publisher agreement договор автора с издателем barter agreement соглашение о товарообмене basic agreement основное соглашение basic agreement учредительное соглашение biennial wage agreement двухгодичное соглашение о заработной плате bilateral agreement двусторонний договор bilateral trade agreement двустороннее торговое соглашение binding agreement обязывающий договор blanket agreement общее соглашение block an agreement прекращать действие договора bona fide agreement справедливое соглашение bring into agreement приводить в действие соглашение с brokerage agreement агентский договор, договор представительства building loan agreement контракт на получение ссуды на строительство call-off purchase agreement соглашение о покупке с последующей поставкой cancel an agency agreement расторгать агентское соглашение cancel an agreement аннулировать соглашение care agreement соглашение по уходу (за больным, инвалидом и т. п.) cartel agreement картельное соглашение clearing agreement двусторонний клиринг clearing agreement соглашение о расчетах closed-shop agreement соглашение о приеме на работу только членов определенного профсоюза closing agreement соглашение о взимании налогов coalition agreement соглашение о коалиции collection agreement соглашение об инкассировании collective agreement коллективный договор collective: agreement коллективный; совместный; совокупный; collective agreement коллективный договор collective agreement extension распространение положений коллективного договора на смежные области collective bargaining agreement коллективный договор collective labour agreement коллективное трудовое соглашение collective labour agreement коллективный трудовой договор collective piecework agreement коллективный договор о сдельной работе collective wage agreement коллективное соглашение о заработной плате agreement (взаимное) согласие; agreement of opinion единомыслие; to come to an agreement прийти к соглашению commodity agreement товарное соглашение company agreement договор с компанией compensation agreement компенсационное соглашение conclude an agreement заключать соглашение concluded agreement заключенное соглашение conditional sale agreement соглашение об условной продаже conference agreement картельное соглашение судовладельцев conservation agreement договор об охране природы consignment agreement договор о поставке товара consignment agreement консигнационное соглашение consortium agreement соглашения о консорциуме consumer agreement договор с потребителем contractual agreement соглашение, основанное на договоре control agreement соглашение о контроле cooperation agreement соглашение о сотрудничестве credit agreement соглашение о кредитовании credit sale agreement соглашение о продаже в кредит customer agreement договор с покупателем delivery agreement соглашение о доставке deposit agreement депозитное соглашение deposit agreement соглашение об открытии счета в банке derogation agreement соглашение о частичной отмене закона draft agreement проект соглашения exchange agreement соглашение об обмене exclusion agreement соглашение о запрещении въезда в страну exclusive agreement эксклюзивное соглашение exclusive dealing agreement соглашение об исключительном праве торговли express agreement точно сформулированное соглашение fictitious agreement фиктивное соглашение formal agreement формальное соглашение formation agreement соглашение об учреждении framework agreement принципиальное соглашение franchising agreement соглашение о предоставлении привилегии free trade agreement соглашение о свободной торговле general agreement генеральное соглашение general agreement общее соглашение general average agreement (GAA) мор.страх. соглашение по общей аварии gentlemen's agreement джентльменское соглашение governmental agreement правительственное соглашение hire-purchase agreement договор о купле-продаже в рассрочку hybrid agreement смешанное соглашение industrial peace agreement соглашение о мирном разрешении трудовых конфликтов industry-wide collective agreement коллективный договор для всей отрасли informal agreement неофициальное соглашение instalment agreement соглашение о частичных платежах insurance agreement договор страхования intercompany agreement межфирменное соглашение intergovernmental agreement межправительственное соглашение interim agreement временное соглашение joint agreement совместное соглашение joint agreement совместный договор joint sales agreement соглашение о совместной продаже joint venture agreement соглашение о совместном предприятии labour agreement трудовое соглашение lease agreement договор о найме lease agreement договор об аренде lease agreement соглашение о сдаче в аренду leasing agreement соглашение о долгосрочной аренде licence agreement лицензионное соглашение license agreement лицензионное соглашение license agreement лицензия licensing agreement лицензионное соглашение limited partnership agreement соглашение о создании компании с ограниченной ответственностью litigation agreement судебное соглашение loan agreement договор о ссуде loan agreement контракт на получение кредита loan agreement кредитное соглашение loan agreement соглашение между эмитентом ценных бумаг и синдикатом гарантов long-term agreement долгосрочное соглашение maintenace agreement договор о содержании, соглашение о содержании (ребенка, инвалида, пожилого человека) make an agreement заключать соглашение make an agreement приходить к соглашению management agreement соглашение с администрацией market sharing agreement соглашение о разделе рынка marketing agreement соглашение о сбыте продукции master agreement соглашение двух сторон об основных условиях свопов, которые будут заключены между ними в течение оговоренного срока mediation agreement арбитражное соглашение merger agreement договор о слиянии (компаний) model agreement типовой договор monetary agreement валютное соглашение multilateral agreement многостороннее соглашение multilateral trade agreement многостороннее торговое соглашение nondisclosure agreement соглашение о неразглашении open agreement открытое соглашение oral agreement устное соглашение parol agreement простое соглашение parol agreement соглашение не за печатью parol agreement устное соглашение partnership agreement договор о партнерстве partnership agreement договор о сотрудничестве party to an agreement сторона в договоре patent licensing agreement соглашение о патентной лицензии pay agreement платежное соглашение payment agreement платежное соглашение pension agreement договор о пенсионном обеспечении pension agreement пенсионный договор permanent agreement долгосрочное соглашение permanent agreement постоянное соглашение piece-work agreement договор о сдельной работе political agreement политическое соглашение pool scheme agreement соглашение об объединении пенсионных фондов нескольких предприятий portfolio management agreement соглашение об управлении портфелем ценных бумаг preferential agreement преференциальное соглашение preliminary agreement предварительное соглашение previous agreement предыдущее соглашение price agreement принятие цены price agreement соглашение о ценах private agreement конфиденциальное соглашение pro forma agreement формальное соглашение promotion agreement договор об учреждении, основании (акционерного общества, компании) purchase agreement соглашение о покупке quota agreement соглашение о квоте reach an agreement достигать соглашения reciprocity agreement соглашение, основанное на взаимности regulated agreement регулируемое соглашение reverse repurchase agreement покупка ценных бумаг с совершением через некоторое время обратной операции revolving credit agreement соглашение о возобновляемом кредите rough agreement вчт. приближенное согласие sailing agreement соглашение о навигации salary agreement соглашение о заработной плате sales agreement договор о продаже salvage agreement соглашение о производстве спасательных работ salvage agreement спасательный контракт, соглашение о производстве спасательных работ salvage agreement спасательный контракт secrecy agreement секретное соглашение selling group agreement соглашение, на основе которого группа банков размещает новый заем separate agreement соглашение о раздельном жительстве супругов separation agreement соглашение о раздельном жительстве супругов settlement agreement соглашение об урегулировании претензий shareholders' agreement соглашение между акционерами short-term agreement краткосрочное соглашение sidestep an agreement отступать от соглашения skeleton agreement набросок договора special agreement специальное соглашение specialization agreement соглашение о специализации sponsoring agreement соглашение о финансировании stevedoring agreement договор о погрузке или разгрузке корабля stowage agreement договор на стивидорные работы subordination agreement соглашение о подчинении supplementary agreement дополнительное соглашение swap agreement соглашение о получении иностранной валюты на короткий срок в обмен на национальную для целей валютных интервенций swap agreement exc. соглашение о свопах tacit agreement юр. молчаливое согласие tariff agreement соглашение о тарифах tariff agreement тарифное соглашение tax agreement соглашение о налогах technology transfer agreement соглашение о передаче технологии tenancy agreement арендное соглашение tenancy agreement арендный договор tenancy agreement договор об аренде tentative agreement предварительное соглашение term repurchase agreement соглашение о покупке акций с последующим их выкупом через определенный срок и по обусловленной цене terminate an agreement аннулировать соглашение terminate an agreement прекращать действие договора trade agreement торговое соглашение tripartite agreement трехстороннее соглашение truce agreement соглашение о перемирии verbal agreement договоренность verbal agreement устное соглашение wage agreement коллективный договор wage agreement соглашение о ставках заработной платы war risk agreement соглашение о военных рисках

соглашение, договор;
- collective * коллективный договор;
- armistice * соглашение о перемирии;
- procedural * соглашение по процедурным вопросам;
- as part of the * в рамках соглашения согласие;
договоренность;
- by mutual * по взаимному согласию;
- * of opinion единомыслие;
- in * with smth. в соответствии с чем-л;
- * among the members единство мнений среди членов;
- * in principle( дипломатическое) принципиальная договоренность;
- to be in * with smb. соглашаться с кем-л;
- to come to an * on smth. with smb. прийти к соглашению по какому-л вопросу с кем-л;
договориться о чем-л с кем-л;
- to reach * with smb. достигнуть договоренности с кем-л;
- these is very little * about what to do нет единства мнений о том, что делать;
- that seemed to be in excellent * with his calculations это, видимо, вполне совпадало с его расчетами (грамматика) согласование (специальное) согласие, совпадение;
- * by order of magnitude совпадение по порядку величины

adoption ~ договор об усыновлении (удочерении)

affiliation ~ соглашение о переходе под контроль другой компании

agency ~ агентский договор agency ~ агентское соглашение agency ~ договор о посредничестве agency ~ соглашение о посредничестве agency ~ соглашение об агентских услугах

agreement договор, соглашение;
agreement by piece сдельная плата ~ договор ~ договоренность ~ контракт ~ совпадение ~ (взаимное) согласие;
agreement of opinion единомыслие;
to come to an agreement прийти к соглашению ~ согласие ~ грам. согласование ~ соглашение ~ соглашение (документ) ~ соответствие

agreement договор, соглашение;
agreement by piece сдельная плата

~ for exchange of goods соглашение об обмене товарами

~ in principle принципиальная договоренность ~ in principle принципиальное согласие

~ in writing письменная договоренность

~ (взаимное) согласие;
agreement of opinion единомыслие;
to come to an agreement прийти к соглашению

~ of purchase and sale договор купли-продажи

~ on budget соглашение о бюджете

~ on European economic cooperation договор о европейском экономическом сотрудничестве

~ on European economic space договор о европейском экономическом пространстве

~ on scope of authority юр. договор об объеме полномочий

~ on tax reform соглашение о налоговой реформе

~ on transfer of ownership договор о передаче собственности

~ on venue юр. согласие о месте рассмотрения дела

~ to be fined summarily закон. наказ. согласие на наложение штрафа в упрощенном порядке

~ to sell соглашение о продаже

antenuptial ~ сем. право добрачный договор

arbitration ~ арбитражное соглашение

arrive at ~ достигать соглашения arrive at ~ приходить к соглашению

assistance ~ соглашение о содействии

association ~ договор о сотрудничестве

author-publisher ~ договор автора с издателем

barter ~ соглашение о товарообмене

basic ~ основное соглашение basic ~ учредительное соглашение

biennial wage ~ двухгодичное соглашение о заработной плате

bilateral ~ двусторонний договор

bilateral trade ~ двустороннее торговое соглашение

binding ~ обязывающий договор

blanket ~ общее соглашение

block an ~ прекращать действие договора

bona fide ~ справедливое соглашение

bring into ~ приводить в действие соглашение с

brokerage ~ агентский договор, договор представительства

building loan ~ контракт на получение ссуды на строительство

call-off purchase ~ соглашение о покупке с последующей поставкой

cancel an agency ~ расторгать агентское соглашение

cancel an ~ аннулировать соглашение

care ~ соглашение по уходу (за больным, инвалидом и т. п.)

cartel ~ картельное соглашение

clearing ~ двусторонний клиринг clearing ~ соглашение о расчетах

closed-shop ~ соглашение о приеме на работу только членов определенного профсоюза

closing ~ соглашение о взимании налогов

coalition ~ соглашение о коалиции

collection ~ соглашение об инкассировании

collective ~ коллективный договор collective: ~ коллективный;
совместный;
совокупный;
collective agreement коллективный договор

collective ~ extension распространение положений коллективного договора на смежные области

collective bargaining ~ коллективный договор

collective labour ~ коллективное трудовое соглашение collective labour ~ коллективный трудовой договор

collective piecework ~ коллективный договор о сдельной работе

collective wage ~ коллективное соглашение о заработной плате

~ (взаимное) согласие;
agreement of opinion единомыслие;
to come to an agreement прийти к соглашению

commodity ~ товарное соглашение

company ~ договор с компанией

compensation ~ компенсационное соглашение

conclude an ~ заключать соглашение

concluded ~ заключенное соглашение

conditional sale ~ соглашение об условной продаже

conference ~ картельное соглашение судовладельцев

conservation ~ договор об охране природы

consignment ~ договор о поставке товара consignment ~ консигнационное соглашение

consortium ~ соглашения о консорциуме

consumer ~ договор с потребителем

contractual ~ соглашение, основанное на договоре

control ~ соглашение о контроле

cooperation ~ соглашение о сотрудничестве

credit ~ соглашение о кредитовании

credit sale ~ соглашение о продаже в кредит

customer ~ договор с покупателем

delivery ~ соглашение о доставке

deposit ~ депозитное соглашение deposit ~ соглашение об открытии счета в банке

derogation ~ соглашение о частичной отмене закона

draft ~ проект соглашения

exchange ~ соглашение об обмене

exclusion ~ соглашение о запрещении въезда в страну

exclusive ~ эксклюзивное соглашение

exclusive dealing ~ соглашение об исключительном праве торговли

express ~ точно сформулированное соглашение

fictitious ~ фиктивное соглашение

formal ~ формальное соглашение

formation ~ соглашение об учреждении

framework ~ принципиальное соглашение

franchising ~ соглашение о предоставлении привилегии

free trade ~ соглашение о свободной торговле

general ~ генеральное соглашение general ~ общее соглашение

general average ~ (GAA) мор. страх. соглашение по общей аварии

gentlemen's ~ джентльменское соглашение

governmental ~ правительственное соглашение

hire-purchase ~ договор о купле-продаже в рассрочку

hybrid ~ смешанное соглашение

industrial peace ~ соглашение о мирном разрешении трудовых конфликтов

industry-wide collective ~ коллективный договор для всей отрасли

informal ~ неофициальное соглашение

instalment ~ соглашение о частичных платежах

insurance ~ договор страхования

intercompany ~ межфирменное соглашение

intergovernmental ~ межправительственное соглашение

interim ~ временное соглашение

joint ~ совместное соглашение joint ~ совместный договор

joint sales ~ соглашение о совместной продаже

joint venture ~ соглашение о совместном предприятии

labour ~ трудовое соглашение

lease ~ договор о найме lease ~ договор об аренде lease ~ соглашение о сдаче в аренду

leasing ~ соглашение о долгосрочной аренде

licence ~ лицензионное соглашение

license ~ лицензионное соглашение license ~ лицензия

licensing ~ лицензионное соглашение

limited partnership ~ соглашение о создании компании с ограниченной ответственностью

litigation ~ судебное соглашение

loan ~ договор о ссуде loan ~ контракт на получение кредита loan ~ кредитное соглашение loan ~ соглашение между эмитентом ценных бумаг и синдикатом гарантов

long-term ~ долгосрочное соглашение

maintenace ~ договор о содержании, соглашение о содержании (ребенка, инвалида, пожилого человека)

make an ~ заключать соглашение make an ~ приходить к соглашению

management ~ соглашение с администрацией

market sharing ~ соглашение о разделе рынка

marketing ~ соглашение о сбыте продукции

master ~ соглашение двух сторон об основных условиях свопов, которые будут заключены между ними в течение оговоренного срока

mediation ~ арбитражное соглашение

merger ~ договор о слиянии (компаний)

model ~ типовой договор

monetary ~ валютное соглашение

multilateral ~ многостороннее соглашение

multilateral trade ~ многостороннее торговое соглашение

nondisclosure ~ соглашение о неразглашении

open ~ открытое соглашение

oral ~ устное соглашение

parol ~ простое соглашение parol ~ соглашение не за печатью parol ~ устное соглашение

partnership ~ договор о партнерстве partnership ~ договор о сотрудничестве

party to an ~ сторона в договоре

patent licensing ~ соглашение о патентной лицензии

pay ~ платежное соглашение

payment ~ платежное соглашение

pension ~ договор о пенсионном обеспечении pension ~ пенсионный договор

permanent ~ долгосрочное соглашение permanent ~ постоянное соглашение

piece-work ~ договор о сдельной работе

political ~ политическое соглашение

pool scheme ~ соглашение об объединении пенсионных фондов нескольких предприятий

portfolio management ~ соглашение об управлении портфелем ценных бумаг

preferential ~ преференциальное соглашение

preliminary ~ предварительное соглашение

previous ~ предыдущее соглашение

price ~ принятие цены price ~ соглашение о ценах

private ~ конфиденциальное соглашение

pro forma ~ формальное соглашение

promotion ~ договор об учреждении, основании (акционерного общества, компании)

purchase ~ соглашение о покупке

quota ~ соглашение о квоте

reach an ~ достигать соглашения

reciprocity ~ соглашение, основанное на взаимности

regulated ~ регулируемое соглашение

reverse repurchase ~ покупка ценных бумаг с совершением через некоторое время обратной операции

revolving credit ~ соглашение о возобновляемом кредите

rough ~ вчт. приближенное согласие

sailing ~ соглашение о навигации

salary ~ соглашение о заработной плате

sales ~ договор о продаже

salvage ~ соглашение о производстве спасательных работ salvage ~ спасательный контракт, соглашение о производстве спасательных работ salvage ~ спасательный контракт

secrecy ~ секретное соглашение

selling group ~ соглашение, на основе которого группа банков размещает новый заем

separate ~ соглашение о раздельном жительстве супругов

separation ~ соглашение о раздельном жительстве супругов

settlement ~ соглашение об урегулировании претензий

shareholders' ~ соглашение между акционерами

short-term ~ краткосрочное соглашение

sidestep an ~ отступать от соглашения

skeleton ~ набросок договора

special ~ специальное соглашение

specialization ~ соглашение о специализации

sponsoring ~ соглашение о финансировании

stevedoring ~ договор о погрузке или разгрузке корабля

stowage ~ договор на стивидорные работы

subordination ~ соглашение о подчинении

supplementary ~ дополнительное соглашение

swap ~ соглашение о получении иностранной валюты на короткий срок в обмен на национальную для целей валютных интервенций swap ~ exc. соглашение о свопах

tacit ~ юр. молчаливое согласие

tariff ~ соглашение о тарифах tariff ~ тарифное соглашение

tax ~ соглашение о налогах

technology transfer ~ соглашение о передаче технологии

tenancy ~ арендное соглашение tenancy ~ арендный договор tenancy ~ договор об аренде

tentative ~ предварительное соглашение

term repurchase ~ соглашение о покупке акций с последующим их выкупом через определенный срок и по обусловленной цене

terminate an ~ аннулировать соглашение terminate an ~ прекращать действие договора

trade ~ торговое соглашение

tripartite ~ трехстороннее соглашение

truce ~ соглашение о перемирии

verbal ~ договоренность verbal ~ устное соглашение

wage ~ коллективный договор wage ~ соглашение о ставках заработной платы

war risk ~ соглашение о военных рисках

   The ill-fated Alvor Agreement was signed in Alvor, Algarve province, in January 1975. The purpose of the agreement was to facilitate the peaceful, lawful decolonization of Portugal's former colony of Angola. The conference that worked out and signed this instrument was hosted by Portugal's provisional government, and backed by the Armed Forces Movement, which had overthrown the dictatorship on 25 April 1974, and which had called for rapid decolonization of Portugal's African colonies after a truce in the colonial war. Decolonization negotiations proceeded fairly smoothly in the other African territories, but in Angola, rather than one African nationalist movement or party, three were struggling for power. They were the National Front for the Liberation of Angola (FNLA), led by Holden Roberto; the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), led by Agostinho Neto, who had trained as a physician in Portugal; and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas Savimbi. By the Alvor Agreement, which was signed by four parties — Portugal, FNLA, MPLA, and UNITA—the decolonization process would be realized in several stages, ending in November 1975, following free elections with the three nationalist parties participating, Portugal overseeing the elections, and the new army of Angola comprised of elements of the three African parties' armies, which had fought Portuguese forces off and on since 1961. Portugal's government in Lisbon and its government and forces in Angola attempted, but failed, to put the Alvor Agreement into full effect. A civil war broke out in the spring of 1975 in Angola among the three nationalist forces, eventually with the FNLA and UNITA entering an alliance against the MPLA. No all-Angola army was ever constituted, and a power struggle among the three armed movements ensued. The MPLA won control of the Luanda region. As the Portuguese forces and commissioner withdrew, Portugal did not hand over power to any one group. On 11 November 1975, with the Alvor Agreement a dead letter and no elections having been organized, the MPLA declared the independence of Angola and the civil war continued. Angola's independent beginnings were unique in African history: the colonial power suddenly withdrew without handing over power officially to a nationalist party, but "to the people of Angola," and Angola was born as a free state embroiled in a bloody civil war that lasted until 2002.

1) General subject: composition

2) Law: armistice agreement, truce agreement, Ceasefire agreement

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to offer a libation, to pour, to bestow'; `to make a ceasefire agreement (whilst performing a libation)'; the last also in the sense of `to reassure, to promise' resp. `to secure smth.' (Gortyn; on this Willetts Glotta 43, 251 ff.).

Other forms: Aor. σπεῖσαι (Il.), fut. σπείσω (Hdt. etc.), perf. ἔσπεικα (Plu.) midd. σπένδομαι, σπείσασθαι, σπείσομαι, ἔσπεισμαι (IA.)

Compounds: Also w. prefix, e.g. κατα-, ἐπι-.

Derivatives: σπονδή f. `libation, offering of wine' (Β 341 = Δ 159), pl. usu. `ceasefire agreement (sanctified with a libation), truce, peace treaty, pax dei' (IA. etc.). Compp., z.B. σπονδο-φόρος m. `herald of the truce, the pax dei' (Pi.); often as 2. member, e.g. ὑπό-σπονδος `under a ceasefire agreement, under safe-conduct' (IA). From this σπονδ-εῖος `belonging to the offering', also metr. `spondeus' (D.H. a. o.), - εῖον n. `libation vessel' (hell.); also - ειακός, - ειάζω, - ειασμός (late); - ικός `belonging to the offering' (pap.); - ήσιμα n. pl. `id.' (Philem.; after ὀνή-σιμος a. o.; cf. also παρασπόνδησις [Plb.] from παρασπονδ-έω [: παρά-σπονδος] and Arbenz 83); - ῖτις ( σταγών) `id.' (AP; Redard 114); σπόνδικες οἱ τὰς σπονδὰς χέοντες H. (Schwyzer 497). -- Extensive treatment in A. Citron Semantische Untersuchung zu σπένδεσθαι - σπένδειν - εὔχεσθαι (Winterthur 1965).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [989] * spend- `bring a drink-offering'

Etymology: Old expression of cult- and juridical language, also retained in Hitt. and Latin: Hitt. šipant- (e.g. 3. sg. šipant-i [= σπένδει], 3. pl. - anzi) `bring a fluid sacrifice, libate, consecrate (by sprinkling?), execute a ritual' (Kronasser Etymologie 1, 522 ff. with some doubt about the etym.); Lat. spondeō (iterative) `promise ceremonially, assure, guarantee'. Details in Ernout-Meillet a. W.-Hofmann s. v. (w. lit.).

Page in Frisk: 2,763

1 to agree to.

pactar un acuerdo to reach an agreement

2 to strike a deal.

3 to make a pact, to make a deal, to deal, to agree.

Ellos pactaron They made a pact.

4 to contract for, to stipulate.

Ellos pactaron un negocio They contracted for a business deal.

5 to make a deal to, to make a pact to.

Ellos pactaron importar ganado They made a deal to import cattle.

* * *

► verbo transitivo

1 to agree (to)

► verbo intransitivo

1 to come to an agreement

* * *

1. VT

1) (=acordar) to agree to

2) (=estipular) to stipulate

2. VI

1) (=llegar a un acuerdo) to come to an agreement, make a pact

2) (=transigir) to compromise

* * *

verbo transitivo <paz/tregua> to negotiate, agree terms for; <plazo/indemnización> to agree on

* * *

----

* pactar una moratoria sobre = proclaim + a moratorium on.

* * *

verbo transitivo <paz/tregua> to negotiate, agree terms for; <plazo/indemnización> to agree on

* * *

* pactar una moratoria sobre = proclaim + a moratorium on.

* * *

pactar [A1 ]

1 ‹acuerdo/paz/tregua› to negotiate, agree terms for; ‹plazo/indemnización› to agree on

se pactó una indemnización compensation was agreed on

2 ‹precios› to fix

fueron multados por pactar precios they were fined for price-fixing

to make a pact, negotiate an agreement

* * *

* * *

♦ vt

to agree to;

pactar un acuerdo to reach an agreement;

los sindicatos han pactado no ir a la huelga the unions have agreed not to go on strike

♦ vi

to strike a deal ( con with)

* * *

I v/t agree;

pactar un acuerdo reach (an) agreement

II v/i reach (an) agreement

* * *

pactar vt

: to agree on

pactar vi

: to come to an agreement

from sannr, sooth.

* * *

f. and sætt; of the sing. in classical Icel. both forms are used indifferently, whereas in plur. sættir is usual; in mod. usage sætt prevails throughout; see sætt;—a settlement, covenant, esp. any agreement made by umpires (through görð, q. v.); hence also peace, concord; a word much used by old and mod. writers and in conversation; göra sátt, Grág. i. 485; eigi munu þeir rjúfa þá sátt er ek göri, Nj. 65; varð þat at sætt, at Hálfdan konungr skyldi halda ríki sínu, Fms. i. 13; verða sekr at sátt, to bt fined in a court of arbitration, Grág. i. 81: the word is used freq. in the Laws and the Sagas, leita um sættir, Eb. 24, 246; slá málum í sætt, 286; eptir sætt Eyrbyggja ok Álptfirðinga, 252; hélzk sú sætt vel meðan þeir lifðu báðir, … sumar þetta hit sama eptir sættina, 246; vildi Þorgrímr þá eigi halda sættina, 50; bjóða sættir, 100; varð þat at sætt, Fms. i. 13; segja upp sátt, to pronounce judgment as umpire, Grág. i. 118, and. passim:—of the indemnity, skal aðili eignask tvá hluti sáttar, 144; ok skal þar af sátt til taka, id.; skal af sáttum til taka, 382.

II. concord, consent; segja sátt sína á e-t, Grág. i. 66.

B. COMPDS: sáttarbikar, sattaboð, sáttarbætr, sáttardómr, sáttareiðr, sáttarfundr, sáttargrið, sáttargörð, sáttarhald, sáttaleyfi, sáttalof, sáttarmaðr, sáttarmark, sáttarnefna, sáttarstefna, sáttarumleitan, sáttavandr, sáttarvætti.

II. sættar- or sætta-; sættar-boð, n. = sáttarboð, Hkr. ii. 103, Eb. 246, Eg. 281. sættar-bréf, n. a charter of agreement, H. E. i. 459. sætta-brigði, n. a breach of an agreement, Sturl. ii. 130, Orkn. 424. sættar-efni, n. the basis of an agreement, Sturl. iii. 170 sættar-eiðr, m. = sáttareiðr, Fms. vi. 184 (v. l.), Sturl. ii. 7 C. sættar-fundr, m. = sáttarfundr, Ld. 228, Fms. iii. 38. sættar-görð, f. = sáttargörð, Fms. i. 160, iv. 268, Nj. 187, Grág. i. 488. sættar-hald, n. = sáttarhald, Sturl. i. 81 C. sættar-handsal, n. the hanselling an agreement, Grág. i. 361; see handsal. sættar-kaup, n. the price of an agreement, N. G. L. i. 81. sætta-laust, n. adj. without truce, unable to agree, Sturl. iii. 257. sættar-maðr, m. = sáttarmaðr, Grág. i. 118. sætta-mál, n.the making an agreement, Grág. ii. 87. sættar-orð, n. a word of peace, mediation, Ld. 66. sættar-rof, n. a breach of an agreement, Nj. 106, Sturl. ii. 132. sættar-samþykki, n. an agreement, Fms. ii. 242. sættar-skrá, f. = sættarbréf, a charter, N. G. L. ii. sættar-stefna, u, f. = sáttarstefna, Fms. vii. 241, Sd. 172, Sturl. i. 163 C. sætta-umleitan, f. = sáttarumleitan, Hkr. ii. 86, Fms. ix. 51, Sturl. ii. 172.

* * *

a negative suffix to verbs, not;

era útmakligt, at it is not unmeet that.

* * *

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.

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.