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1 terre
terre [tεʀ]1. feminine nouna. ( = planète) earth ; ( = monde) world• être à terre [lutteur] to be down• j'aurais voulu rentrer sous terre I wished the ground would swallow me up► terre à terre [personne] down-to-earth ; [préoccupations] mundane• toucher terre [navire, avion] to lande. ( = pays) land• la France a toujours été une terre d'accueil pour les réfugiés France has always welcomed refugees2. compounds* * *tɛʀnom féminin EarthPhrasal Verbs:* * *tɛʀ nf1) (= planète) (prend la majuscule dans un contexte astronomique) earth2) (= sol) ground3) (= substance) soil, earthOn va remettre de la terre sur ces plate-bandes. — We're going to put some more soil in these flower beds.
mettre en terre [plante] — to plant, [défunt] to bury
4) (que l'on cultive) land5) (= terrain) land sgIls ont des terres du côté de Carpentras. — They have some land near Carpentras.
C'est une bonne terre pour la vigne. — It's good land for growing vines.
6) (= matériau) clay7) (opposé à mer) land no plla terre ferme — dry land, terra firma
8) (= contrée) landC'est une terre accueillante. — It's a welcoming land.
9) ÉLECTRICITÉ, ÉLECTRONIQUE earth10)par terre [mettre, être] (dehors) — on the ground, (dedans) on the floor, [jeter, tomber] to the ground, down
Elle s'est assise par terre. — She sat on the floor.
Il est tombé par terre. — He fell down.
* * *A nf1 ( surface du sol) ground; le cycliste était à terre the cyclist was lying on the ground; être jeté à terre to be thrown to the ground; sous terre underground; à 200 mètres sous terre 200 metresGB underground; ne frappez jamais un adversaire à terre never hit a man when he's down; mettre pied à terre Équit to dismount; mettre un genou à terre to go down on one knee;2 ( matière) gén earth; Agric soil; terre rouge/séchée red/dried-up earth; terre fertile/stérile fertile/infertile soil; l'eau, l'air, la terre et le feu water, air, earth and fire; sortir de terre lit [plante] to come up; [animal] to poke its head out of the ground; fig une ville nouvelle est sortie de terre a new town has sprung up; porter or mettre qn en terre liter to bury sb;3 ( campagne) le retour à la terre the movement back to the land; rester attaché à la terre to stay close to the land; travailler la terre to work the land;4 ( terrain) land ¢; acheter/vendre une terre to buy/to sell a plot of land; des terres land; elle possède des terres en Anjou she owns land in Anjou; se retirer sur ses terres to go and live on one's estate; vivre de ses terres to live off the land;5 ( région) land; des terres lointaines/vierges distant/virgin lands; une terre inconnue an unknown land, terra incognita littér; en terre chrétienne/musulmane on Christian/Muslim land; la terre natale de qn sb's native land; la terre de mes ancêtres the land of my ancestors; la terre d'Afrique liter the African continent; la terre d'Alsace liter the Alsace region; leur pays a toujours été une terre d'accueil their country has always welcomed newcomers;6 ( opposé à mer) land; une bande/langue de terre a strip/tongue of land; un vent de terre a land breeze; aller à terre to go ashore; apercevoir la terre to sight land; ‘Terre!’ ‘land ho!’; être loin de toute terre to be far from land; s'enfoncer à l'intérieur des terres to go deep inland; regagner la terre ferme to reach land ou terra firma littér;7 ( où vit l'humanité) earth; être/vivre sur terre to be/to live on earth; quitter la terre euph to die; la terre et le ciel Relig things earthly and things heavenly; prendre toute la terre à témoin to take the whole world as one's witness; il croit que la terre entière est contre lui he thinks the whole world is against him; redescends or reviens sur terre! fig come back to earth!;8 Art de la terre (glaise) clay; une statuette/pipe en terre a clay figurine/pipe; un pot de or en terre an earthenware pot;C par terre loc adv ( dehors) on the ground; ( dedans) on the floor; ils étaient assis/couchés par terre they were sitting/lying on the ground ou floor; se rouler par terre lit to roll about on the ground ou floor; fig ( de rire) to fall about laughing; c'est à se rouler par terre it's hilarious; se rouler par terre de douleur/rire to roll on the ground with pain/laughter; mon chapeau/le téléphone est tombé par terre my hat/the telephone fell on the ground ou floor; ça a fichu tous nos projets par terre○ it messed up all our plans○.terre d'asile country of refuge; terre battue trodden earth; sur terre battue [tennis] on a clay court; terre de bruyère Hort peat; terre cuite baked clay; Art terracotta; figurine en terre cuite terracotta figurine; terre à foulon fuller's earth; terre glaise clay; terre noire chernozem; terre d'ombre umber; terre de pipe pipeclay; terre à poterie or potier potter's clay; terre de Sienne sienna; terre de Sienne brûlée burned sienna; terre végétale topsoil; terres rares rare earths.avoir les pieds sur terre to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground; garder les pieds sur terre to keep one's feet on the ground; ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre to be a dreamer, to have one's head in the clouds; elle voulait rentrer sous terre or à cent pieds sous terre she wished the ground would swallow her up.[tɛr] nom fémininA.[GLOBE]1. [planète]2. [monde terrestre] earthle bonheur existe-t-il sur la terre? is there such a thing as happiness on this earth ou in this world?B.[SOL]1. [surface du sol] grounda. [dans une habitation] earth ou hard-earth ou mud floorb. [dans une cour] bare groundc. [sur un court de tennis] clay (surface)a. [en actes] to treat somebody like dirtb. [en paroles] to tear somebody to shreds2. [élément opposé à la mer] land (substantif non comptable)sur la terre ferme on dry land, on terra firma3. [région du monde] land4. [pays] land, countryterre natale native land ou country6. [symbole de la vie rurale]la terre the land, the soilrevenir à/quitter la terre to return to/to leave the landC.[MATIÈRE]mettre ou porter quelqu'un en terre to bury somebodyterre à vigne/à blé soil suitable for wine-growing/for wheatterre grasse heavy ou clayey soil3. [pigment]terre d'ombre terra ombra, raw umber————————terres nom féminin plurielvivre sur/de ses terres to live on/off one's estates————————à terre locution adverbiale1. [sur le sol] on the ground————————en pleine terre locution adverbialeAGRICULTURE in the open, in open ground————————par terre locution adjectivaleavec la pluie, notre promenade est par terre the rain has put paid to our walk (UK) ou ruined our plans for a walk————————par terre locution adverbiale[sur le plancher] on the floor[sur le sol] on the ground————————sous terre locution adverbiale1. [sous le sol] undergroundils durent établir des abris sous terre they had to build shelters underground ou underground shelters2. (locution)j'aurais voulu être à cent pieds sous terre ou rentrer sous terre I wished the earth would swallow me up————————sur terre locution adverbiale1. [ici-bas] on (this) earth2. (locution)revenir ou redescendre sur terre to come back to earth (with a bump) -
2 GANGA
* * *I)(geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v.1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk);2) to go;ganga heim, to go home;ganga braut, to go away;ganga til hvílu, to go to bed;ganga á skip, to go on board;ganga af skipi, to go ashore;with infin., ganga sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep;ganga at eiga konu, to marry a woman;3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit);4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf);5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út);6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu ganga af hesti mínum);7) to prevail;gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.;8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga);of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi);of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk landfarsótt, drepsótt, hallæri);9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð);impers., gekk því lengi, so it went on for a long while;10) láta ganga e-t, to let go on;láta höggin ganga, to rain blows;Birkibeinar létu ganga lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously;11) to succeed;ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do;impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there;þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness;12) to turn out, go in a specified way;ganga andæris, to go all wrong;mart gengr verr en varir, many a thing goes worse than is looked for;gekk þeim lítt atsókinn, they made little progress with the attack;impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly);13) with acc., ganga e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak);14) with dat., to discharge (gekk bann þá blóði);15) with preps. and adverbs:ganga af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn);ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits;ganga af trú sinni, to apostatize;to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir);to go off (gekk þegar af höfuðit);to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk);nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left;ganga af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé);ganga aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna);to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr ganga);of a ghost, to walk again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin);ganga at e-m, to attack one;ganga at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum);ganga á e-t, to encroach upon (ganga á ríki e-s); to break (ganga á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate;hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons;ganga á vald e-s or e-m, ganga á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one;ganga á bak e-u, to contravene;ganga eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim;ganga eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir);ganga frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu ganga frá öllu fénu);ganga fram, to step forward;ganga fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle;to come to pass, come into execution (skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram);to increase (fé Hall gerðar gekk fram ok gørðist allmikit);to depart this life (H. bóndi gengr fram til frænda sinna);ganga fyrir e-n, to present oneself before one (ganga fyrir konung);ganga fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage (var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);ganga í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one;ganga í gegn e-u, to confess, acknowledge;maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away;ganga í mál, to undertake a case;ganga með e-m (of a woman), to marry;ganga með barni, to be with child;ganga með burði (of animals), to be with young;ganga með e-u, to assist in, plead (ganga með máli, bónorði);ganga milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede;ganga móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one;ganga móti e-u, to resist, oppose;to confess, = ganga í gegn, ganga við e-u;ganga nær e-m, to be troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær ganga Þórgerði);ganga e-m nær, to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst gekk Gunnari um alla hluti);ganga saman, to marry;of an agreement, bargain, to be brought about;saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a bargain;ganga sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part;ganga til, to go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer (veðrit gekk til útsuðrs);e-m gengr e-t til e-s, one has some reason for doing a thing;en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason), at ek ann þér eigi;hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.;ganga um e-t, to go about a thing;ganga um beina, to wait upon guests;ganga um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker;ganga um e-n, to befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at);ganga undan, to escape to absent oneself;g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself, undertake (a duty);ganga undir e-n, to subject oneself to;ganga upp, to be wasted (of money);to get loose, to he torn loose (þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu);of a storm, gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp);of an ice-bound river, áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice;ganga við staf, to walk with a stick;ganga við e-u or e-t, to avow;ganga yfir e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi ganga yfir þat, er hann vissi réttast);ganga yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen to one;slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened;eitt skal yfir okkr ganga, we shall share one fate;16) refl., gangast.f.1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk;2) course (ganga tungls, vinds).* * *pret. gekk or gékk, 2nd pers. gékkt, mod. gékst; pl. gengu, geingu, or géngu, and an old poët. gingu; gengengu in Vsp. 12 is a mere misspelling (vide Sæm. Möb. 258); pres. geng, pl. göngum; pret. subj. gengi (geingi); imperat. gakk and gakktú; with the neg. suffix geng-at, gengr-at, gékk-at, gakk-attu, passim; a middle form göngumk firr, go from me, Gm. 1: a contracted form gá occurs now and then in mod. hymns; it is not vernacular but borrowed from Germ. and Dan.: [cp. Ulf. gaggan; A. S. and Hel. gangan; Scot. and North. E. gang, mod. Engl. go; Dan.-Swed. gange or gå; Germ. gehen; Ivar Aasen ganga: Icel., Scots, and Norsemen have preserved the old ng, which in Germ. and Swed.-Dan. only remains in poetry or in a special sense, e. g. in Germ. compds.]A. To go:I. to walk; reið jarl en Karkr gékk, Fms. i. 210, Rm. 1, 2, 6, 14, 23, 24, 30, Edda 10, Grág. ii. 95, passim; ganga leiðar sinnar, to go one’s way, Fms. x. 290, Krók. 26: adding acc., g. alla leið, Fms. xi. 202, 299; g. berg, to climb a cliff; g. afréttar, to search the fell-pastures (fjallganga), Háv. 39; also g. ( to climb) í fjall, í kletta, Fms. x. 313: Icel. also say, ganga skó og sokka, to wear out shoes and socks; hann gékk tvenna skó; ganga berserks gang, q. v.β. absol. to go a-begging, Grág. i. 226, 232, Ísl. ii. 25; ganga vergang, húsgang, id. (göngumaðr).II. adding adverbs, infinitives, adjectives, or the like,α. an adverb denoting direction; g. út ok inn, Vkv. 4, Lv. 26; g. inn, Fms. i. 16, vi. 33; g. út, to go out, Lat. exire, Nj. 194; g. aptr, to return, Fms. x. 352; g. fram, to step forward, Hm. 1, Eg. 165; g. upp, to go up, ashore; g. ofan, niðr, to go down; g. heiman, 199; g. heim, to go home; gakk hingat, come hither! 488; g. móti, í gegn e-m, to go against, to meet one; g. braut, to go away; g. til e-s, or at e-m, to go to one; g. frá e-m, to leave one; g. með e-m, to go with one; g. hjá, to pass by; g. saman, to go together; g. yfir, to go over; g. gegnum, to go through; g. undir, to go under; g. undan, fyrir, to go before; g. eptir, to go behind; g. um, to rove, stroll about, and so on passim; g. í sæti, to go to one’s seat, take a seat, Eg. 551; g. til hvílu, to go to bed, Nj. 201; g. til matar, to go to dinner, Sturl. iii. 111, Eg. 483; g. til vinnu, verks, to go to one’s work, cp. Hm. 58; g. í kirkju, to go to church, Rb. 82; g. á fjall, to go on the fells, Hrafn. 34; g. á skip, to go on board, Fms. x. 10; g. af skipi, to go ashore.β. with infin., in old poems often dropping ‘at;’ ganga sofa, to go to sleep, Fm. 27; g. at sofa, Hm. 19; g. vega, to go to fight, Vsp. 56, Ls. 15; g. at eiga konu, to go to be married, Grág. i. 318.γ. with an adj.; g. hræddr, to be afraid; g. úviss, to be in ignorance, etc., Fms. vii. 271, Sks. 250, 688.2. in a more special sense; g. til einvígis, bardaga, to go to a duel, battle, Nj. 64; g. á hólm (hólmganga), Eg. 504, 506; g. á eintal, Nj. 103; g. til máls við e-n, to speak to one, Eg. 199, 764; g. í glímu, to go a-wrestling, Ísl. ii. 246; g. á fang, id., Ld. 206; g. í danz, to go a-dancing; g. til skripta, to go to shrift, Hom. 157; g. at brúðkaupi, to go to be married, Fms. vii. 278; g. í skóla, klaustr, to go to school, go into a cloister (as an inmate), (hence skóla-genginn, a school-man, scholar), Bs. passim; g. í þjónustu, to take service, Nj. 268; g. í lið með e-m, to enter one’s party, side with one, 100; g. í lög, to enter a league with one; g. ór lögum, to go out of a league, passim; g. í félag, ór félagi, id.; g. á mala, to take service as a soldier, 121; g. á hönd, g. til handa, to submit to one as a liegeman, surrender, Eg. 19, 33, Ó. H. 184, Fms. vii. 180; g. á vald e-m, to give oneself up, Nj. 267; g. á hendr e-m, to encroach upon, Ver. 56; g. í skuld, to bail, Grág. i. 232, Dipl. ii. 12; g. í trúnað, to warrant, Fms. xi. 356; g. til trygða, Nj. 166, and g. til griða, to accept truce, surrender, Fas. ii. 556; g. í mál, to enter, undertake a case, Nj. 31; g. í ánauð, to go into bondage, Eg. 8; g. til lands, jarðar, ríkis, arfs, to take possession of …, 118, Stj. 380, Grág., Fms. passim; g. til fréttar, to go to an oracle, take auspices, 625. 89; g. til Heljar, a phrase for to die, Fms. x. 414; g. nær, to go nigh, go close to, press hard on, Ld. 146, 322, Fms. xi. 240 (where reflex.); var sá viðr bæði mikill og góðr því at Þorkell gékk nær, Th. kept a close eye on it, Ld. 316.B. Joined with prepp. and adverbs in a metaph. sense:—g. af, to depart from, go off; þá gékk af honum móðrinn ok sefaðisk hann, Edda 28; þá er af honum gékk hamremin, Eg. 125, Eb. 136, Stj. 118; g. af sér, to go out of or beyond oneself; mjök g. þeir svari-bræðr nú af sér, Fbr. 32; í móti Búa er hann gengr af sér ( rages) sem mest, Fb. i. 193; þá gékk mest af sér ranglæti manna um álnir, Bs. i. 135: so in the mod. phrases, g. fram af sér, to overstrain oneself; and g. af sér, to fall off, decay: to forsake, g. af trú, to apostatize, Fms. ii. 213; g. af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits, go mad, Post. 656 C. 31; g. af Guðs boðorðum, Stj. passim: to pass. Páskar g. af, Ld. 200: to be left as surplus (afgangr), Rb. 122, Grág. i. 411, K. Þ. K. 92:—g. aptr, to walk again, of a ghost (aptrganga), Ld. 58, Eb. 278, Fs. 131, 141, passim; and absol., g. um híbýli, to hunt, Landn. 107: to go back, be void, of a bargain, Gþl. 491:—g. at e-m, to go at, attack, Nj. 80, 160: to press on, Grág. i. 51, Dipl. ii. 19 (atgangr): g. at e-u, to accept a choice, Nj. 256; g. at máli, to assist, help, 207: to fit, of a key, lykla þá sem g. at kístum yðrum, Finnb. 234, Fbr. 46 new Ed., N. G. L. i. 383: medic. to ail, e-ð gengr at e-m; ok gengr at barni, and if the bairn ails, 340, freq. in mod. usage of ailment, grief, etc.:—g. á e-t, to go against, encroach upon; ganga á ríki e-s, Fms. i. 2; g. upp á, to tread upon, vii. 166; hverr maðr er ólofat gengr á mál þeirra, who trespasses against their measure, Grág. i. 3: to break, g. á orð, eiða, sættir, trygðir, grið, Finnb. 311, Fms. i. 189, Ld. 234; g. á bak e-u, to contravene, Ísl. ii. 382; ganga á, to go on with a thing, Grág. ii. 363; hence the mod. phrase, mikið gengr á, much going on; hvað gengr á, what is going on? það er farið að g. á það (of a task or work or of stores), it is far advanced, not much left:—g. eptir, to go after, pursue, claim (eptirgangr), Nj. 154, Þórð. 67, Fms. vii. 5; g. eptir e-m, to humour one who is cross, in the phrase, g. eptir e-m með grasið í skónum; vertu ekki að g. eptir stráknum; hann vill láta g. eptir ser (of a spoilt boy, cross fellow): to prove true, follow, hón mælti mart, en þó gékk þat sumt eptir, Nj. 194; eptir gékk þat er mér bauð hugr um, Eg. 21, Fms. x. 211:—g. fram, to go on well in a battle, Nj. 102, 235, Háv. 57 (framgangr): to speed, Nj. 150, Fms. xi. 427: to grow, increase (of stock), fé Hallgerðar gékk fram ok varð allmikit, Nj. 22; en er fram gékk mjök kvikfé Skallagríms, Eg. 136, Vígl. 38: to come to pass, skal þess bíða er þetta gengr fram, Nj. 102, Fms. xi. 22: to die, x. 422:—g. frá, to leave (a work) so and so; g. vel frá, to make good work; g. ílla frá, to make bad work; það er ílla frá því gengið, it is badly done:—g. fyrir, to go before, to yield to, to be swayed by a thing; heldr nú við hót, en ekki geng ek fyrir slíku, Fms. i. 305; þó at vér gangim heldr fyrir blíðu en stríðu, ii. 34, Fb. i. 378, Hom. 68; hvárki gékk hann fyrir blíðyrðum né ógnarmálum, Fms. x. 292; hann gékk þá fyrir fortülum hennar, Bs. i. 742: in mod. usage reflex., gangast fyrir íllu, góðu: to give away, tók hann þá at ganga fyrir, Fb. i. 530: Icel. now say, reflex., gangast fyrir, to fall off, from age or the like (vide fyrirgengiligr): to prevent, skal honum þá eigi fyrnska fyrir g., N. G. L. i. 249; þá er hann sekr þrem mörkum nema nauðsyn gangi fyrir, 14; at þeim gangi lögleg forföll fyrir, Gþl. 12:—g. í gegn, to go against, to meet, in mod. usage to deny, and so it seems to be in Gþl. 156; otherwise in old writers it always means the reverse, viz. to avow, confess; maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðsk tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away, Ísl. ii. 331; ef maðr gengr í gegn legorðinu, Grág. i. 340; sá goði er í gegn gékk ( who acknowledged) þingfesti hans, 20; hann iðraðisk úráðs síns, ok gékk í gegn at hann hefði saklausan selt herra sinn, Sks. 584,—this agrees with the parallel phrase, g. við e-t, mod. g. við e-u, to confess, both in old and mod. usage, id.:—g. hjá, to pass by, to waive a thing, Fms. vi. 168:—g. með, to go with one, to wed, marry (only used of a woman, like Lat. nubere), þú hefir þvert tekit at g. með mér, Ld. 262, Sd. 170, Grág. i. 178, Þiðr. 209, Gkv. 2. 27, Fms. xi. 5: medic., g. með barni, to go with child, i. 57; with acc. (barn), Bs. i. 790, and so in mod. usage; a mother says, sama sumarið sem eg gékk með hann (hana) N. N., (meðgöngutími); but dat. in the phrase, vera með barni, to be with child; g. með burði, of animals, Sks. 50, Stj. 70; g. með máli, to assist, plead, Eg. 523, Fms. xi. 105, Eb. 210; g. með e-u, to confess [Dan. medgaae], Stj., but rare and not vernacular:—g. milli, to go between, intercede, esp. as a peacemaker, passim (milli-ganga, meðal-ganga):—g. í móti, to resist, Nj. 90, 159, 171: of the tide, en þar gékk í móti útfalls-straumr, Eg. 600:—g. saman, to go together, marry, Grág. i. 324, Fms. xi. 77: of a bargain, agreement, við þetta gékk saman sættin, Nj. 250; saman gékk kaupit með þeim, 259:—g. sundr, to go asunder, part, and of a bargain, to be broken off, passim:—g. til, to step out, come along; gangit til, ok blótið, 623. 59; gangit til, ok hyggit at, landsmenn, Fms. iv. 282: to offer oneself, to volunteer, Bs. i. 23, 24: the phrase, e-m gengr e-ð til e-s, to purpose, intend; en þat gékk mér til þess ( that was my reason) at ek ann þér eigi, etc., Ísl. ii. 269; sagði, at honum gékk ekki ótrúnaðr til þessa, Fms. x. 39; gékk Flosa þat til, at …, Nj. 178; gengr mér meirr þat til, at ek vilda firra vini mína vandræðum, Fms. ii. 171; mælgi gengr mér til, ‘tis that I have spoken too freely, Orkn. 469, Fms. vi. 373, vii. 258: to fare, hversu hefir ykkr til gengið, how have you fared? Grett. 48 new Ed.; Loka gékk lítt til, it fared ill with L., Fb. i. 276: mod., þat gékk svá til, it so happened, but not freq., as bera við is better, (tilgangr, intention):—g. um e-t, to go about a thing; g. um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker, Fms. v. 156; g. um beina, to attend guests, Nj. 50, passim: to manage, fékk hón svá um gengit, Grett. 197 new Ed.; hversu þér genguð um mitt góðs, 206: to spread over, in the phrase, má þat er um margan gengr; þess er um margan gengr guma, Hm. 93: to veer, go round, of the wind, gékk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim, the wind went round and a gale met them, Bs. i. 775:—g. undan, to go before, escape, Ver. 15, Fms. vii. 217, Blas. 49: to be lost, wasted, jafnmikit sem undan gékk af hans vanrækt, Gþl. 338: to absent oneself, eggjuðusk ok báðu engan undan g., Fms. x. 238:—g. undir, to undertake a duty, freq.: to set, of the sun, Rb. 468, Vígl. (in a verse): to go into one’s possession, power, Fms. vii. 207;—g. upp, to be wasted, of money, Fær. 39, Fms. ix. 354: of stones or earth-bound things, to get loose, be torn loose, þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir í húsinu, Landn. 185; flest gékk upp þat sem fyrir þeim varð, Háv. 40, Finnb. 248; ok gékk ór garðinum upp ( was rent loose) garðtorfa frosin, Eb. 190: to rise, yield, when summoned, Sturl. iii. 236: of a storm, gale, to get up, rise, veðr gékk upp at eins, Grett. 94, Bárð. 169; gengr upp stormr hinn sami, Bs. ii. 50: of an ice-bound river, to swell, áin var ákafliga mikil, vóru höfuðísar at báðum-megin, en gengin upp ( swoln with ice) eptir miðju, Ld. 46, Fbr. 20 new Ed., Bjarn. 52; vötnin upp gengin, Fbr. 114; áin var gengin upp ok íll yfirferðar, Grett. 134:—g. við, in the phrase, g. við staf, to go with a staff, rest on it: with dat., g. við e-u, to avow (vide ganga í gegn above):—g. yfir, to spread, prevail, áðr Kristnin gengi yfir, Fms. x. 273; hétu á heiðin goð til þess at þau léti eigi Kristnina g. yfir landit, Bs. i. 23: the phrase, láta eitt g. yfir báða, to let one fate go over both, to stand by one another for weal and woe; hefi ek því heitið honum at eitt skyldi g. yfir okkr bæði, Nj. 193, 201, 204, Gullþ. 8: so in the saying, má þat er yfir margan gengr, a common evil is easier to bear, Fbr. 45 new Ed. (vide um above); muntu nú verða at segja slíkt sem yfir hefir gengið, all that has happened, Fms. xi. 240; þess gengr ekki yfir þá at þeir vili þeim lengr þjóna, they will no longer serve them, come what may, Orkn. 84: to overrun, tyrannize over, þeir vóru ójafnaðar menn ok ganga þar yfir alla menn, Fms. x. 198 (yfirgangr): to transgress, Hom. 109: to overcome, þótti öllum mönnum sem hann mundi yfir allt g., Fms. vii. 326: a naut. term, to dash over, as spray, áfall svá mikit at yfir gékk þegar skipit, Bs. i. 422; hence the metaph. phrase, g. yfir e-n, to be astonished; það gengr yfir mig, it goes above me, I am astonished.C. Used singly, of various things:1. of cattle, horses, to graze (haga-gangr); segja menn at svín hans gengi á Svínanesi, en sauðir á Hjarðarnesi, Landn. 124, Eg. 711; kálfrinn óx skjótt ok gékk í túni um sumarit, Eb. 320; Freyfaxi gengr í dalnum fram, Hrafn. 6; þar var vanr at g. hafr um túnit, Nj. 62; þar var til grass (görs) at g., Ld. 96, Grág. passim; gangandi gripr, cattle, beasts, Bjarn. 22; ganganda fé, id., Sturl. i. 83, Band. 2, Ísl. ii. 401.2. of shoals of fish, to go up, in a river or the like (fiski-ganga, -gengd); vötn er netnæmir fiskar g. í, Grág. i. 149; til landauðnar horfði í Ísafirði áðr fiskr gékk upp á Kvíarmiði, Sturl. ii. 177; fiskr er genginn inn ór álum, Bb. 3. 52.3. of the sun, stars, vide B. above, (sólar-gangr hæstr, lengstr, and lægstr skemstr = the longest and shortest day); áðr sól gangi af Þingvelli, Grág. i. 24; því at þar gékk eigi sól af um skamdegi, Landn. 140, Rb. passim:—of a thunder-storm, þar gékk reiði-duna með eldingu, Fb. iii. 174:—of the tide, stream, water, vide B. above, eða gangi at vötn eða skriður, K. Þ. K. 78.4. of a ship, gékk þá skipit mikit, Eg. 390, Fms. vi. 249; létu svá g. suðr fyrir landit, Eg. 78; lét svá g. suðr allt þar til er hann sigldi í Englands-haf, Ó. H. 149; réru nótt ok dag sem g. mátti, Eg. 88; gékk skipit brátt út á haf, Ó. H. 136.β. to pass; kvað engi skip skyldi g. (go, pass) til Íslands þat sumar, Ld. 18.II. metaph. to run out, stretch out, project, of a landscape or the like; gengr haf fyrir vestan ok þar af firðir stórir, Eg. 57; g. höf stór ór útsjánum inn í jörðina; haf (the Mediterranean) gengr af Njörva-sundum (the Straits of Gibraltar), Hkr. i. 5; nes mikit gékk í sæ út, Eg. 129, Nj. 261; í gegnum Danmörk gengr sjór (the Baltic) í Austrveg, A. A. 288; fyrir austan hafs-botn þann (Bothnia) er gengr til móts við Gandvík (the White Sea), Orkn. begin.: frá Bjarmalandi g. lönd til úbygða, A. A. 289; Europa gengr allt til endimarka Hispaniae, Stj. 83; öllum megin gengr at henni haf ok kringir um hana, 85; þessi þinghá gékk upp ( extended) um Skriðudal, Hrafn. 24: of houses, af fjósi gékk forskáli, Dropl. 28.2. to spread, branch out; en af því tungurnar eru ólíkar hvár annarri, þær þegar, er ór einni ok hinni sömu hafa gengit eða greinzt, þá þarf ólíka stafi í at hafa, Skálda (Thorodd) 160: of a narrative, gengr þessi saga mest af Sverri konungi, this story goes forth from him, i. e. relates to, tells of him, Fb. ii. 533; litlar sögur megu g. af hesti mínum, Nj. 90; um fram alla menn Norræna þá er sögur g. frá, Fms. i. 81.III. to take the lead, prevail; gékk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter (i. e. after the Conquest) the Welsh tongue prevailed in England, Ísl. ii. 221; ok þar allt sem Dönsk tunga gengi, Fms. xi. 19; meðan Dönsk tunga gengr, x. 179:—of money, to be current, hundrað aura þá er þá gengu í gjöld, Dropl. 16; eigi skulu álnar g. aðrar en þessar, Grág. i. 498; í þenna tíð gékk hér silfr í allar stórskuldir, 500, Fms. viii. 270; eptir því sem gengr ( the course) flestra manna í millum, Gþl. 352:—of laws, to be valid, ok var nær sem sín lög gengi í hverju fylki, Fms. iv. 18; Óðinn setti lög í landi sínu þau er gengit höfðu fyrr með Ásum, Hkr. i. 13; þeirra laga er gengu á Uppsala-þingi, Ó. H. 86; hér hefir Kristindóms-bálk þann er g. skal, N. G. L. i. 339; sá siðr er þá gékk, Fb. i. 71, (vide ganga yfir):—of sickness, plague, famine, to rage, þá gékk landfarsótt, bóla, drepsótt, hallæri, freq.; also impers., gékk því hallæri um allt Ísland, Bs. i. 184; mikit hallæri ok hart gékk yfir fólkið, 486, v. l.; gékk sóttin um haustið fyrir sunnan land; þá gékk mest plágan fyrri, Ann. 1402, 1403.IV. to go on, last, in a bad sense, of an evil; tókst síðan bardagi, ok er hann hafði gengit um hríð, Fs. 48: impers., hefir þessu gengit ( it has gone on) marga manns-aldra, Fms. i. 282; gékk því lengi, so it went on a long while, Grett. 79 new Ed.; gékk þessu enn til dags, Nj. 272; ok gékk því um hríð, 201; ok gékk því allan þann dag, Fms. vii. 147; lát því g. í allt sumar, xi. 57; gengr þessu þar til er …, Fb. i. 258.V. denoting violence; létu g. bæði grjót ok vápn, Eg. 261; létu þá hvárir-tveggju g. allt þat er til vápna höfðu, Fms. ix. 44; láta höggin g., to let it rain blows, Úlf. 12. 40; háðung, spottyrði, hróp ok brigzl hver lét með öðrum g. á víxl, Pass. 14. 3, (vápna-gangr); Birkibeinar róa þá eptir, ok létu g. lúðrana, and sounded violently the alarum, Fms. ix. 50, (lúðra-gangr); láta dæluna g., to pour out bad language, vide dæla.VI. to be able to go on, to go, partly impers.; ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do, Fms. vi. 284; svá þykt at þeim gékk þar ekki at fara, they stood so close that they could not proceed there, Nj. 247; þá nam þar við, gékk þá eigi lengra, there was a stop; then it could go no farther, Fms. xi. 278; leiddu þeir skipit upp eptir ánni, svá sem gékk, as far as the ship could go, as far as the river was navigable, Eg. 127: esp. as a naut. term, impers., e. g. þeim gékk ekki fyrir nesið, they could not clear the ness; þá gengr eigi lengra, ok fella þeir þá seglið, Bs. i. 423; at vestr gengi um Langanes, 485, v. l.VII. with adverbs; g. létt, fljótt, to go smoothly; g. þungt, seint, to go slowly; oss munu öll vápna-viðskipti þungt g. við þá, Nj. 201; þungt g. oss nú málaferlin, 181; gékk þeim lítt atsóknin, Stj. 385; at þeim feðgum hefði þá allir hlutir léttast gengit, Bs. i. 274; seint gengr, Þórir, greizlan, Ó. H. 149; g. betr, verr, to get the better, the worse; gékk Ribbungum betr í fyrstu, Fms. ix. 313; gengu ekki mjök kaupin, the bargain did not go well, Nj. 157, cp. ganga til (B. above):—to turn out, hversu g. mundi orrostan, 273; gékk þá allt eptir því sem Hallr hafði sagt, 256; ef kviðir g. í hag sækjanda, if the verdict goes for the plaintiff, Grág. i. 87; þótti þetta mál hafa gengit at óskum, Dropl. 14; mart gengr verr en varir, a saying, Hm. 39; þykir honum nú at sýnu g. ( it seems to him evident) at hann hafi rétt hugsað, Fms. xi. 437; g. andæris, to go all wrong, Am. 14; g. misgöngum, to go amiss, Grág. i. 435; g. e-m í tauma, to turn false ( crooked); þat mun mér lítt í tauma g. er Rútr segir, Nj. 20; g. ofgangi, to go too high, Fms. vii. 269.VIII. of a blow or the like; hafði gengit upp á miðjan fetann, the axe went in up to the middle of the blade, Nj. 209; gékk þegar á hol, 60; gékk í gegnum skjöldinn, 245, Fb. i. 530.IX. of law; láta próf g., to make an enquiry; láta vátta g., to take evidence, D. N.X. to be gone, be lost; gékk hér með holdit niðr at beini, the flesh was torn off, Fb. i. 530: esp. in pass. part. genginn, dead, gone, eptir genginn guma, Hm. 71; moldar-genginn, buried, Sl. 60; hel-genginn, 68; afli genginn, gone from strength, i. e. powerless, Skv. 3. 13.β. gone, past; gengið er nú það görðist fyr, a ditty; mér er gengið heimsins hjól, gone for me is the world’s wheel ( luck), a ditty.XI. used as transit. with acc.; hann gengr björninn á bak aptr, he broke the bear’s back in grappling with him, Finnb. 248; ok gengr hana á bak, ok brýtr í sundr í henni hrygginn, Fb. i. 530.2. medic. with dat. to discharge; ganga blóði, to discharge blood (Dan. blodgang), Bs. i. 337, 383; Arius varð bráðdauðr ok gékk ór sér öllum iðrum, Ver. 47.D. REFLEX.:I. singly, gangask, to be altered, to change, be corrupted; gangask í munni, of tradition; var þat löng ævi, ok vant at sögurnar hefði eigi gengisk í munni, Ó. H. pref.; má því eigi þetta mál í munni gengisk hafa, Fb. ii. Sverr. S. pref.; ok mættim vér ráða um nokkut, at málit gengisk, that the case could miscarry, be lost, Glúm. 380:—láta gangask, to let pass. waive; lét Páll þá g. þá hluti er áðr höfðu í millum staðit, Sturl. i. 102; ef þú lætr eigi g. þat er ek kref þik, Fms. xi. 61.2. e-m gengsk hugr við e-t, to change one’s mind, i. e. to be moved to compassion, yield; sótti hón þá svá at honum gékksk hugr við, Eb. 264; þá gékksk Þorgerði hugr við harma-tölur hans, Ld. 232; ok mun honum g. hugr við þat, svá at hann mun fyrirgefa þér, Gísl. 98; nú sem hann grét, gékksk Ísak hugr við, Stj. 167; er sendimaðr fann at Birni gékksk hugr við féit, Ó. H. 194; við slíkar fortölur hennar gékksk Einari hugr (E. was swayed) til ágirni, Orkn. 24.II. with prepp. (cp. B. above); gangask at, to ‘go at it,’ engage in a fight; nú gangask þeir at fast, Dropl. 24, Ísl. ii. 267; gengusk menn at sveitum, of wrestlers, they wrestled one with another in sections (Dan. flokkevis), Glúm. 354; þeir gengusk at lengi, Finnb. 248:—gangask fyrir, vide B. above:—gangask í gegn, at móti, to stand against, fight against; at vér látim ok eigi þá ráða er mest vilja í gegn gangask (i. e. the extreme on each side), Íb. 12, cp. Fms. ii. 241; at þeir skipaði til um fylkingar sínar, hverjar sveitir móti skyldi g., i. e. to pair the combatants off, ix. 489; þeir risu upp ok gengusk at móti, Stj. 497. 2 Sam. ii. 15:—g. nær, to come to close quarters (Lat. cominus gerere), Nj. 176, Fms. xi. 240:—gangask á, to dash against one another, to split; á gengusk eiðar, the oaths were broken, Vsp. 30: to be squared off against one another, sú var görð þeirra, at á gengusk vígin húskarlanna, Rd. 288; ekki er annars getið en þeir léti þetta á gangask, i. e. they let it drop, Bjarn. 47; gangask fyrir, to fall off, Fms. iii. 255:—gangask við, to grow, gain strength; áðr en við gengisk hans bæn, before his prayer should be fulfilled, x. 258; ef þat er ætlað at trúa þessi skuli við g., Nj. 162; hétu þeir fast á guðin, at þau skyldi eigi láta við garrgask Kristniboð Ólafs konungs, Fms. ii. 32; þetta gékksk við um öll þau fylki, vii. 300; mikit gékksk Haraldr við (H. grew fast) um vöxt ok afl, Fb. i. 566; Eyvindr hafði mikið við gengizk um menntir, E. had much improved himself in good breeding, Hrafn. 24; vildi hann prófa hvárr þeirra meira hafði við gengisk, which of them had gained most strength, Grett. 107: to be in vogue, in a bad sense, ok löngum við gengisk öfund ok rangindi, Fms. i. 221, cp. Pass. 37. 7:—gangask ór stað, to be removed, Fms. xi. 107.III. in the phrase, e-m gengsk vel, ílla, it goes well, ill with one, Hom. 168, Am. 53; ílls gengsk þér aldri, nema …, the evil will never leave thee, thou wilt never be happy, unless …, 65. -
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━━━━━━━━━1. adverb4. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque mal est suivi d'un participe passé ou d'un adjectif, par exemple mal logé, mal aimé, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = de façon défectueuse) [organisé] badly ; [entretenu] poorlyb. ( = de façon répréhensible) [se conduire] badly• tu trouves ça mal qu'il y soit allé ? do you think it was wrong of him to go?c. ( = de façon peu judicieuse) mal choisi ill-chosend. ( = avec difficulté) il respire mal he has difficulty in breathinge. (locutions)• ça va ? -- pas mal how are you? -- not bad• pas mal de gens pensent que... quite a lot of people think that...2. <a. ( = contraire à la morale) wrongb. ( = laid) ce tableau n'est pas mal this picture is quite nicec. ( = malade) illd. ( = mal à l'aise) uncomfortablee. ( = en mauvais termes) se mettre mal avec qn to get on the wrong side of sb3. <b. ( = souffrance) pain ; ( = maladie) illness• le mal du siècle ( = fléau) the scourge of the age• je suis tombé -- tu as mal ? I've fallen -- does it hurt?• où avez-vous mal ? where does it hurt?• ça me fait mal au cœur ( = ça me rend malade) it makes me feel sick ; ( = ça me fait de la peine) it breaks my heart ; ( = ça me révolte) it makes me sickc. ( = dommage) harmd. ( = difficulté) difficulty• j'ai obtenu son accord, mais non sans mal ! I got him to agree, but it wasn't easy!• il a dû prendre son mal en patience ( = attendre) he had to put up with the delay ; ( = supporter) he had to grin and bear it• ne vous donnez pas ce mal don't bother► en mal de [+ argent, idées] short of ; [+ tendresse, amour] yearning for4. <* * *
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1) ( répréhensible) wrong2) ( mauvais) badce ne serait pas mal de déménager — it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; an
3) (colloq)elle est pas mal — ( physiquement) she's rather good looking
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nom masculin1) ( peine) trouble, difficulty2) ( douleur) painfaire mal — lit, fig to hurt
ça me fait mal au ventre — lit it gives me a stomach-ache
3) ( maladie) illness, diseasetu vas attraper du mal — (colloq) you'll catch something; remède, patience
4) ( manque)5) ( dommage) harmfaire du mal à — ( durablement) to harm; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]
il n'y a pas de mal — ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done
une douche ne te ferait pas de mal — hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm
6) ( calamité)qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? — is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?
7) ( méchanceté)8) Philosophie, Religion evil
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1) ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit] badlyelle joue mal — ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player
s'y prendre mal avec quelqu'un — to deal with somebody the wrong way; étreindre
2) ( de manière défectueuse)elle est mal en point — she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way
3) ( difficilement)marcher mal — [personne] to walk with difficulty
4) ( insuffisamment) [éclairé, payé] poorlymal entretenu — neglected; cordonnier
5) ( sans goût) [s'habiller] badly6) ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly7) ( défavorablement)aller mal — [personne] not to be well; [affaires] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well
être mal (assis or couché) — not to be comfortable
ne le prenez pas mal — don't take it badly ou the wrong way
8) ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badlyse tenir mal — ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture
il serait mal venu de faire — it would be unseemly to do; acquis
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Phrasal Verbs:••ça me ferait mal — (sl) ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off (sl)
entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre — Proverbe it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils
* * *mal abr nfMaison d'animation et des loisirs cultural centre* * *A adj inv1 ( répréhensible) wrong; qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? what has she done wrong?; c'est mal de faire it's wrong to do;3 ○ un film pas mal a rather good film; elle est pas mal ( physiquement) she's rather good looking; c'est quelqu'un de pas mal ( sous tous rapports) he's/she's really nice; ‘et l'autre robe?’-‘pas mal!’ ‘and the other dress?’-‘it's not bad!’; pas mal la robe! what a great dress!B nm1 ( peine) sans mal easily; sans trop de mal quite easily; non sans mal not without difficulty; avoir du mal à faire to find it difficult to do; avoir beaucoup/un peu de mal à faire to find it very/a bit difficult to do; avoir un mal fou○ or de chien○ à faire to have a hell of a job○ doing; se donner du mal pour faire qch to go to a lot of trouble to do sth; se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn/pour faire qch to go to a great deal of trouble on sb's account/to do sth; ne te donne pas ce mal! don't bother!; donne-toi un peu de mal! make some effort!;2 ( douleur) faire mal lit, fig to hurt; se faire mal to hurt oneself; ça ne fait pas mal it doesn't hurt; ça va faire mal lit it's going to hurt ou be painful; ( nouvel impôt) it's going to hurt; ( apprendre la vérité) it's going to be painful; ( être remarquable) it's going to be big○; j'ai mal it hurts; avoir mal partout to ache all over; elle avait très mal she was in pain; ma jambe me fait mal my leg hurts; ces bottes me font mal aux pieds these boots hurt my feet; avoir mal à la tête/à l'estomac to have a headache/a stomach-ache; avoir mal au dos/aux dents/aux oreilles to have backache/toothache/earache; avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat; j'ai mal aux yeux my eyes are sore; j'ai mal au genou/au cou/au doigt my knee/neck/finger hurts; j'ai mal au cœur I feel sick GB ou nauseous US; j'ai mal au ventre I have a stomach-ache; ça me fait mal au ventre lit it gives me a stomach-ache; fig○ I find it really upsetting; j 'ai mal aux articulations I have aching joints; souffrir mille maux to suffer the torments of the damned;3 ( maladie) mal sans gravité minor illness; mal incurable incurable disease; le mal a progressé the disease has got GB ou gotten US worse; tu vas attraper du mal○ you'll catch something; ⇒ remède, patience;4 ( manque) être en mal de ( ne pas avoir) to be short of; ( ne pas recevoir) to be lacking in; être en mal d'inspiration to be short of inspiration; être en mal d'affection to be lacking in affection;5 ( dommage) le mal est fait the harm is done; faire du mal à ( durablement) to harm [personne, économie]; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]; il n'y a pas de mal or grand mal à cela there's no harm in that; il n'y a pas de mal ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done; une douche ne te fera pas de mal hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm; ne rien faire de mal not to do anything wrong; quel mal y a-t-il à cela? what harm is there in that?; mettre à mal qch to damage sth; mettre à mal qn to give sb a hard time;6 ( calamité) qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?; un mal à combattre an evil that must be fought;7 ( méchanceté) penser à mal to have evil intentions; sans songer or penser à mal without meaning any harm; dire du mal de qn/qch to speak ill of sb/sth; après avoir fait le mal pendant des années after years of evil-doing;8 Philos, Relig evil; conflit entre le bien et le mal conflict between good and evil; forces du mal forces of evil.C adv1 ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit, conçu, lire, conduire] badly; elle travaille mal her work isn't good; elle joue mal ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player; s'y prendre mal avec qn to deal with sb the wrong way; pas mal écrit/conçu rather well written/designed; pas trop mal écrit/conçu quite well written/designed; ⇒ étreindre;2 ( de manière défectueuse) mal fonctionner/ouvrir not to work/open properly; fonctionner très mal not to work properly GB ou right US at all; enfant mal élevé badly brought up child; c'est un petit mal élevé he's a badly brought up little brat; elle est mal en point she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way; dire quelque chose mal à propos to make an inappropriate remark;3 ( difficilement) ça s'explique mal it's difficult to explain; on voit mal comment it's difficult to see how; marcher mal [personne] to walk with difficulty;4 ( insuffisamment) [éclairé] poorly, badly; [payé] badly; je t'entends mal I can't hear you very well; il entend mal ( permanent) he's slightly deaf, he doesn't hear very well; ils mangent mal they don't eat very well; je les connais mal I don't know them well; mal entretenu neglected; pas mal payé/équipé rather well-paid/-equipped; ⇒ cordonnier;5 ( sans goût) [s'habiller, meubler] badly;6 ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly; mal m'a pris de faire ça I should never have done that; mal interpréter to misinterpret; j'avais mal compris I had misunderstood; mal informé ill-informed;7 ( défavorablement) aller mal [personne] not to be well; [affaires, vie] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well; ‘comment va-t-elle?’-‘mal!’ ‘how is she?’-‘not very well!’; le vert te va pas mal○ green rather suits you!; aller de plus en plus mal [personne] to be getting worse; [affaires, vie] to get worse and worse; se sentir mal ( santé) not to feel well; ( mal à l'aise) to feel awkward; se trouver mal to faint; être mal [personne] to feel awful; être mal (assis or couché or installé) not to be comfortable; être au plus mal to be critically ill; être mal remis not to have fully recovered; dormir/tourner/commencer mal to sleep/to turn out/to begin badly; ne le prenez pas mal don't take it badly ou the wrong way; être mal avec qn to be on bad terms with sb; se mettre mal avec qn to fall out with sb; être mal vu not to be well thought of; aller pas mal○ [personne, affaires] to be fine;8 ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly; mal faire to do wrong; ils nous traitent mal ( employeurs) they don't treat us well; traiter mal ( frapper) to ill-treat; se tenir mal ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture; elle parle mal she uses bad language; tu as mal agi you shouldn't have done that; il serait mal venu de faire it would be unseemly to do; ⇒ acquis.D ○ pas mal loc adv ( beaucoup) il a pas mal bu he's had quite a lot to drink; il a bu pas mal de bière he's drunk quite a lot of beer; elle a pas mal d'amis she has quite a few friends; il est pas mal violent he's rather violent; ça a mis pas mal de temps it took quite a long time.mal de l'air airsickness; avoir le mal de l'air ( ponctuellement) to feel airsick; ( généralement) to suffer from airsickness; mal blanc whitlow; mal de dents toothache; avoir des maux de dents to have frequent toothache GB ou toothaches US; mal de dos backache ¢; mal d'estomac stomach-ache; avoir des maux d'estomac ( ponctuellement) to have a stomach-ache; ( souvent) to suffer from stomach-ache GB ou stomach-aches US; mal de gorge sore throat; avoir un mal de gorge to have a sore throat; avoir des maux de gorge to get sore throats; mal des grands ensembles social problems attendant on high-density housing; mal de mer seasickness; avoir le mal de mer ( ponctuellement) to feel seasick; ( généralement) to suffer from seasickness; mal du pays homesickness; avoir le mal du pays to feel homesick; mal du siècle world-weariness; mal de tête headache; avoir des maux de tête ( ponctuellement) to have headaches; ( souvent) to suffer from ou get headaches; mal des transports motion sickness; avoir le mal des transports to be prone to motion sickness.ça me ferait mal (aux seins)◑ ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off◑; entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre Prov it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.1. [souffrance physique] painj'ai mal là it hurts ou it's painful hereça vous fait encore mal? does it still hurt?, is it still hurting you?aïe, ça fait mal! ouch, it ou that hurts!a. [après un heurt] no broken bones!b. [après une erreur] no harm done!a. [habituellement] to suffer from seasicknessb. [au cours d'un voyage] to be seasick3. [dommage, tort] harmet si j'en ai envie, où est le mal? and if that's what I feel like doing, what harm is there in that?dire du mal de quelqu'un to gossip about somebody, to speak ill of somebody4. [douleur morale] painfaire (du) mal à quelqu'un to hurt somebody, to make somebody sufferquand j'y repense, ça me fait du ou ça fait mal it hurts to think about itn'essaie pas de la revoir, ça te ferait du mal don't try to see her again, it'll only cause you pain ou upset youentre deux maux, il faut choisir le moindre (proverbe) always choose the lesser evil ou the lesser of two evilsavoir du mal à faire quelque chose to have difficulty (in) ou trouble doing somethingj'ai de plus en plus de mal à me souvenir des noms I'm finding it harder and harder to remember names7. [par opposition au bien]le bien et le mal right and wrong, good and evil————————[mal] adverbe1. [désagréablement] wrongça commence mal, c'est mal parti things are off to a bad startça va finir mal ou mal finira. [généralement] it'll end in disasterb. [à des enfants turbulents] it'll all end in tearsil sera là aussi, ça tombe mal he'll be there too, which is unfortunate2. [en mauvaise santé]aller mal, se porter mal to be ill ou unwell, to be in poor health3. [défavorablement] badlyelle a très mal pris que je lui donne des conseils she reacted badly ou she took exception to my giving her advicene le prends pas mal mais... I hope you won't be offended but..., don't take it the wrong way but...être/se mettre mal avec quelqu'un to be/to get on the wrong side of somebodys'ils croient que je vais me laisser faire, ils me connaissent mal! if they think I'm going to take it lying down, they don't know me very well!a. [salement] he's a messy eaterb. [trop peu] he doesn't eat enoughc. [mal équilibré] he doesn't eat properlya. [tu es voûté] you've got poor postureb. [à table] you don't have any table mannerselle se voyait mal le lui demander (familier) she couldn't quite imagine ou she couldn't quite see herself asking himmal élevé bad-mannered, impolitea. [trop peu] to be underfed ou undernourishedb. [avec de la mauvaise nourriture] to be fed bad ou poor food6. [malhonnêtement - agir] badly7. [inconfortablement] uncomfortablyêtre mal assis to be uncomfortably seated ou uncomfortable8. (locution)si je n'y vais pas, ça la fiche mal it won't look good if I don't go————————[mal] adjectif invariable1. [immoral] wrongje n'ai rien dit/fait de mal I haven't said/done anything wrong3. [peu satisfaisant]ça n'était pas si mal [film, repas, prestation] it wasn't that bad————————au plus mal locution adjectivale2. [fâché]de mal en pis locution adverbiale————————en mal de locution prépositionnelleêtre en mal d'affection to be longing ou yearning for loveêtre en mal d'inspiration to be short of ou lacking inspirationmal à l'aise locution adjectivalemal à propos locution adverbiale———————— -
4 Mal
━━━━━━━━━1. adverb4. compounds━━━━━━━━━1. <━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► Lorsque mal est suivi d'un participe passé ou d'un adjectif, par exemple mal logé, mal aimé, reportez-vous à l'autre mot.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━a. ( = de façon défectueuse) [organisé] badly ; [entretenu] poorlyb. ( = de façon répréhensible) [se conduire] badly• tu trouves ça mal qu'il y soit allé ? do you think it was wrong of him to go?c. ( = de façon peu judicieuse) mal choisi ill-chosend. ( = avec difficulté) il respire mal he has difficulty in breathinge. (locutions)• ça va ? -- pas mal how are you? -- not bad• pas mal de gens pensent que... quite a lot of people think that...2. <a. ( = contraire à la morale) wrongb. ( = laid) ce tableau n'est pas mal this picture is quite nicec. ( = malade) illd. ( = mal à l'aise) uncomfortablee. ( = en mauvais termes) se mettre mal avec qn to get on the wrong side of sb3. <b. ( = souffrance) pain ; ( = maladie) illness• le mal du siècle ( = fléau) the scourge of the age• je suis tombé -- tu as mal ? I've fallen -- does it hurt?• où avez-vous mal ? where does it hurt?• ça me fait mal au cœur ( = ça me rend malade) it makes me feel sick ; ( = ça me fait de la peine) it breaks my heart ; ( = ça me révolte) it makes me sickc. ( = dommage) harmd. ( = difficulté) difficulty• j'ai obtenu son accord, mais non sans mal ! I got him to agree, but it wasn't easy!• il a dû prendre son mal en patience ( = attendre) he had to put up with the delay ; ( = supporter) he had to grin and bear it• ne vous donnez pas ce mal don't bother► en mal de [+ argent, idées] short of ; [+ tendresse, amour] yearning for4. <* * *
1.
1) ( répréhensible) wrong2) ( mauvais) badce ne serait pas mal de déménager — it wouldn't be a bad idea to move out; an
3) (colloq)elle est pas mal — ( physiquement) she's rather good looking
2.
nom masculin1) ( peine) trouble, difficulty2) ( douleur) painfaire mal — lit, fig to hurt
ça me fait mal au ventre — lit it gives me a stomach-ache
3) ( maladie) illness, diseasetu vas attraper du mal — (colloq) you'll catch something; remède, patience
4) ( manque)5) ( dommage) harmfaire du mal à — ( durablement) to harm; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]
il n'y a pas de mal — ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done
une douche ne te ferait pas de mal — hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm
6) ( calamité)qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? — is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?
7) ( méchanceté)8) Philosophie, Religion evil
3.
1) ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit] badlyelle joue mal — ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player
s'y prendre mal avec quelqu'un — to deal with somebody the wrong way; étreindre
2) ( de manière défectueuse)elle est mal en point — she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way
3) ( difficilement)marcher mal — [personne] to walk with difficulty
4) ( insuffisamment) [éclairé, payé] poorlymal entretenu — neglected; cordonnier
5) ( sans goût) [s'habiller] badly6) ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly7) ( défavorablement)aller mal — [personne] not to be well; [affaires] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well
être mal (assis or couché) — not to be comfortable
ne le prenez pas mal — don't take it badly ou the wrong way
8) ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badlyse tenir mal — ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture
il serait mal venu de faire — it would be unseemly to do; acquis
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Phrasal Verbs:••ça me ferait mal — (sl) ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off (sl)
entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre — Proverbe it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils
* * *mal abr nfMaison d'animation et des loisirs cultural centre* * *A adj inv1 ( répréhensible) wrong; qu'a-t-elle fait de mal? what has she done wrong?; c'est mal de faire it's wrong to do;3 ○ un film pas mal a rather good film; elle est pas mal ( physiquement) she's rather good looking; c'est quelqu'un de pas mal ( sous tous rapports) he's/she's really nice; ‘et l'autre robe?’-‘pas mal!’ ‘and the other dress?’-‘it's not bad!’; pas mal la robe! what a great dress!B nm1 ( peine) sans mal easily; sans trop de mal quite easily; non sans mal not without difficulty; avoir du mal à faire to find it difficult to do; avoir beaucoup/un peu de mal à faire to find it very/a bit difficult to do; avoir un mal fou○ or de chien○ à faire to have a hell of a job○ doing; se donner du mal pour faire qch to go to a lot of trouble to do sth; se donner beaucoup de mal pour qn/pour faire qch to go to a great deal of trouble on sb's account/to do sth; ne te donne pas ce mal! don't bother!; donne-toi un peu de mal! make some effort!;2 ( douleur) faire mal lit, fig to hurt; se faire mal to hurt oneself; ça ne fait pas mal it doesn't hurt; ça va faire mal lit it's going to hurt ou be painful; ( nouvel impôt) it's going to hurt; ( apprendre la vérité) it's going to be painful; ( être remarquable) it's going to be big○; j'ai mal it hurts; avoir mal partout to ache all over; elle avait très mal she was in pain; ma jambe me fait mal my leg hurts; ces bottes me font mal aux pieds these boots hurt my feet; avoir mal à la tête/à l'estomac to have a headache/a stomach-ache; avoir mal au dos/aux dents/aux oreilles to have backache/toothache/earache; avoir mal à la gorge to have a sore throat; j'ai mal aux yeux my eyes are sore; j'ai mal au genou/au cou/au doigt my knee/neck/finger hurts; j'ai mal au cœur I feel sick GB ou nauseous US; j'ai mal au ventre I have a stomach-ache; ça me fait mal au ventre lit it gives me a stomach-ache; fig○ I find it really upsetting; j 'ai mal aux articulations I have aching joints; souffrir mille maux to suffer the torments of the damned;3 ( maladie) mal sans gravité minor illness; mal incurable incurable disease; le mal a progressé the disease has got GB ou gotten US worse; tu vas attraper du mal○ you'll catch something; ⇒ remède, patience;4 ( manque) être en mal de ( ne pas avoir) to be short of; ( ne pas recevoir) to be lacking in; être en mal d'inspiration to be short of inspiration; être en mal d'affection to be lacking in affection;5 ( dommage) le mal est fait the harm is done; faire du mal à ( durablement) to harm [personne, économie]; ( momentanément) to hurt [personne, économie]; il n'y a pas de mal or grand mal à cela there's no harm in that; il n'y a pas de mal ( formule de politesse) there's no harm done; une douche ne te fera pas de mal hum a shower wouldn't do you any harm; ne rien faire de mal not to do anything wrong; quel mal y a-t-il à cela? what harm is there in that?; mettre à mal qch to damage sth; mettre à mal qn to give sb a hard time;6 ( calamité) qu'elle parte, est-ce vraiment un mal? is it really a bad thing that she is leaving?; un mal à combattre an evil that must be fought;7 ( méchanceté) penser à mal to have evil intentions; sans songer or penser à mal without meaning any harm; dire du mal de qn/qch to speak ill of sb/sth; après avoir fait le mal pendant des années after years of evil-doing;8 Philos, Relig evil; conflit entre le bien et le mal conflict between good and evil; forces du mal forces of evil.C adv1 ( avec incompétence) [fait, écrit, conçu, lire, conduire] badly; elle travaille mal her work isn't good; elle joue mal ( maintenant) she's playing badly; ( en général) she's not a good player; s'y prendre mal avec qn to deal with sb the wrong way; pas mal écrit/conçu rather well written/designed; pas trop mal écrit/conçu quite well written/designed; ⇒ étreindre;2 ( de manière défectueuse) mal fonctionner/ouvrir not to work/open properly; fonctionner très mal not to work properly GB ou right US at all; enfant mal élevé badly brought up child; c'est un petit mal élevé he's a badly brought up little brat; elle est mal en point she's not too good; ( très grave) she's in a bad way; dire quelque chose mal à propos to make an inappropriate remark;3 ( difficilement) ça s'explique mal it's difficult to explain; on voit mal comment it's difficult to see how; marcher mal [personne] to walk with difficulty;4 ( insuffisamment) [éclairé] poorly, badly; [payé] badly; je t'entends mal I can't hear you very well; il entend mal ( permanent) he's slightly deaf, he doesn't hear very well; ils mangent mal they don't eat very well; je les connais mal I don't know them well; mal entretenu neglected; pas mal payé/équipé rather well-paid/-equipped; ⇒ cordonnier;5 ( sans goût) [s'habiller, meubler] badly;6 ( de manière erronée) [diagnostiqué, adressé] wrongly; mal m'a pris de faire ça I should never have done that; mal interpréter to misinterpret; j'avais mal compris I had misunderstood; mal informé ill-informed;7 ( défavorablement) aller mal [personne] not to be well; [affaires, vie] to go badly; [vêtement] not to fit well; ‘comment va-t-elle?’-‘mal!’ ‘how is she?’-‘not very well!’; le vert te va pas mal○ green rather suits you!; aller de plus en plus mal [personne] to be getting worse; [affaires, vie] to get worse and worse; se sentir mal ( santé) not to feel well; ( mal à l'aise) to feel awkward; se trouver mal to faint; être mal [personne] to feel awful; être mal (assis or couché or installé) not to be comfortable; être au plus mal to be critically ill; être mal remis not to have fully recovered; dormir/tourner/commencer mal to sleep/to turn out/to begin badly; ne le prenez pas mal don't take it badly ou the wrong way; être mal avec qn to be on bad terms with sb; se mettre mal avec qn to fall out with sb; être mal vu not to be well thought of; aller pas mal○ [personne, affaires] to be fine;8 ( de manière criticable) [se conduire] badly; mal faire to do wrong; ils nous traitent mal ( employeurs) they don't treat us well; traiter mal ( frapper) to ill-treat; se tenir mal ( grossièrement) to have bad manners; ( voûté) to have a bad posture; elle parle mal she uses bad language; tu as mal agi you shouldn't have done that; il serait mal venu de faire it would be unseemly to do; ⇒ acquis.D ○ pas mal loc adv ( beaucoup) il a pas mal bu he's had quite a lot to drink; il a bu pas mal de bière he's drunk quite a lot of beer; elle a pas mal d'amis she has quite a few friends; il est pas mal violent he's rather violent; ça a mis pas mal de temps it took quite a long time.mal de l'air airsickness; avoir le mal de l'air ( ponctuellement) to feel airsick; ( généralement) to suffer from airsickness; mal blanc whitlow; mal de dents toothache; avoir des maux de dents to have frequent toothache GB ou toothaches US; mal de dos backache ¢; mal d'estomac stomach-ache; avoir des maux d'estomac ( ponctuellement) to have a stomach-ache; ( souvent) to suffer from stomach-ache GB ou stomach-aches US; mal de gorge sore throat; avoir un mal de gorge to have a sore throat; avoir des maux de gorge to get sore throats; mal des grands ensembles social problems attendant on high-density housing; mal de mer seasickness; avoir le mal de mer ( ponctuellement) to feel seasick; ( généralement) to suffer from seasickness; mal du pays homesickness; avoir le mal du pays to feel homesick; mal du siècle world-weariness; mal de tête headache; avoir des maux de tête ( ponctuellement) to have headaches; ( souvent) to suffer from ou get headaches; mal des transports motion sickness; avoir le mal des transports to be prone to motion sickness.ça me ferait mal (aux seins)◑ ( d'étonnement) I'd be amazed; ( d'écœurement) it would really piss me off◑; entre or de deux maux il faut choisir le moindre Prov it's a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils.→ link=maréchal maréchal -
5 MÆLA
* * *I)(-ta, -tr), v.1) to speak, with acc. and absol. (Flosi mælti ekki orð á meðan);mæla mörgum orðum, to use many words;mæla e-n orðum, to address one;mæla máli, to speak a (foreign) language;mæla æðru, to express fear, despondency;mæla lög, to speak law, have law on one’s side in pleading;mæla málum, to plead a cause;mæla mælt mál, to speak what others say;2) to stipulate, appoint, settle (var svá mælt, at S. jarl skyldi koma til Dyflinnar);mæla mót með sér, to fix an interview;mæla sér e-t, to claim for oneself (ef þú vilt þér mæla man);3) with preps.:mæla aptr, to retract (one’s words);mæla á máli, to speak a language (mæla á Írsku);mæla eptir e-n, to take up the prosecution in the case of a slain man (þú átt eptir hraustan mann at mæla);mæla eptir e-m, to take one’s part;mæla fyrir, to order, prescribe (sagði Jófríðr honum, ar barnit er út borit, sem hann hafði fyrir mælt);mæla fyrir e-u, to claim;allt þat silfr, er hann mælti fyrir, which he had bargained for;mæla fyrir griðum, to declare a truce (by using the proper formula);mæla vel fyrir e-m, to express a wish for a person’s good fortune (G. gaf sveininum gullsylgju ok mælti vel fyrir honum);mæla fyrir skipi, to say the prayer when a ship puts to sea;mæla fyrir minni, to propose a toast;mæla í móti e-u, to gainsay, oppose, object to (allir heiðnir menn mæltu í móti);mæla til e-s, to speak to one;hón mælti til hans djarfliga, she spoke up to him boldly;to speak of one (Gunnar hafði aldri illa mælt til Njálssona);mæla til e-s, to express a wish for a thing (þeir mæltu til vináttu með sér at skilnaði);mæla til friðar, to sue for peace;mæla e-t til e-s, to claim, call for as payment (þeir fóru lengi undan ok mæltu til fé mikit at lyktum);mæla um e-t, to say about a thing (G. spurði, hvat hann mælti um hrossin);to utter, say solemnly (þat læt ek verða um mælt, at);mæla e-n undan e-u, to beg one off from (mæla e-n undan dauða);mæla við e-n, to speak to (G. mælti við Ögmund: fylg þú þeim til húsa minna);mæla við e-u, to gainsay, refuse;4) refl., mælast.(-da, -dr), v. to measure.* * *1.t, [Ulf. maþlian = λαλειν; A. S. mæðlan, madelian; Germ. melden by way of metathesis; Old Engl. mele; the Dan. mæle as well as the Icel. are contracted forms, cp. nál from nadal]:—to speak, with acc. and absol.; mæli þarft eðr þegi, Hm. 18; mæla staðlausa stafi, id.; hví þegið ér, svá at mæla né meguð, Ls.; margir menn mæltu ílla við Skamkel, Nj. 80; eigi munt þú þat vilja mæla, 85; Gizurr hvíti (Njáll), … mælti, 90, 91, 220, 228; stafnbúar mæltu, at hann skyldi mæla allra hötðingja heilastr, Fms. vii. 290; mæl þú allra drengja heilastr, viii. 97; þat þætti mér mælanda (gerund.), that is a remarkable speech, Fb. ii. 196; mæla mörgum orðum, to use many words, Hm. 104; mæla þessum orðum, to use these words, Hkr. ii. 78; mæla e-n orðum, to address, Vþm. 4; mæla í hug sér, to speak to oneself, 623. 54; mæla máli, to speak a language; hann mælti allstaðar þeirra máli sem hann væri allstaðar þar barnfæddr sem þá kom hann, Bs. i. 80.2. special usages; mæla áljót, to speak a libel, Grág. ii. 146; mæla æðru, to express fear, despondency, despair, Nj. 199; mæla tál, hégóma, to tell tales, falsehoods, 258; mæla lög, to speak law, to have the law on one’s side in pleading, Fms. vii. 142; mæla ljóst, to speak out, Nj. 102; mæla í mútur, to speak with reserve (see múta); hafa réttara at mæla, to speak true, have right on one’s side, Fms. iii. 22; mæla lögskil or lögskilum, to speak or perform public duties in court or in the assembly, Nj. 3, Ísl. ii. 255; mæia helgi e-s, to pronounce the inviolability of, Grág. i. 92; mæla nálum, to plead a cause, 2; en er höfðingjar höfðu þar mælt þeim málum sem þar stóðu lög til, Ld. 32; mæla e-s máli, Grág. i. 198; mæla mælt mál, to say what all the world says, Gísl. 11, Stj. 463: mod. to say a plain word, speak plainly; bréf harðlega mælt, worded, Bs. i. 554, Fms. ix. 389.II. to stipulate; mæla e-t með sér, to fix, stipulate, appoint: fundusk þeir, sem mælt hafði verit með þeim, Nj. 256; mæla mót með sér, to fix an interview, Eg. 564; mæla sér man, to fix an interview with her, Hm. 97:—mæla sér e-t, to stipulate, bargain for; vér höfum fund várn mæltan ár hvert hér í Gula, N. G. L. i. 4; ek hefka fé mælt mér í dóm þenna ok monka ek mæla, Grág. i. 79; slíkan stað ok máldaga sem þeir áttu sér mæltan, 154; þeir mæltu til fé mikit at lyktum, Nj. 99; mælti hann þat til at eiga dóttur hans, 271; en hón mælti þat til við konung, at hann skyldi vinna allan Noreg, Fms. x. 181; hvat er til mælt, Fs. 92; ek mæli til kaupa við þik, Nj. 3; þeir mæltu til vináttu með sér at skilnaði, Eg. 691; þeir mæla til bardaga með sér um morguninn, Fb. i, 142; hygg þú at því vandliga at þú mæl til hvers-vetna ílla þess er þú beiðir hann, Fms. xi. 58; hús þau er til skaða-bóta eru mælt, for which compensation has been stipulated, Grág. i. 459; mæla til friðar, to sue for peace, Fas. ii. 121 (frið-mælask).III. with prepp.; mæla á máli, to speak in a language; mæla á Irsku, Ld. 76:—mæla aptr, to retract, Sturl. i. 46:—mæla eptir e-m, to take one’s part, excuse him, Nj. 26, 53, Fms. vii. 120: to request, demand, ix. 52: but mæla eptir e-n, with acc., to lead the prosecution (eplir-mál) in the case of a slain man, Grág., Nj., Sagas passim:—mæla fyrir, to order, prescribe; sem biskup mælir fyrir, Grág. i. 377; sem Þórðr mælti fyrir, Ld. 44; allt þat silfr er hann mælti fyrir, which he had bargained, Fær. 6; þat bréf er konungr mælti svá fyrir, at …, Fms. ix. 447: to declare, Nj. 15: to cite a formulary, preamble, or the like, mæla fyrir skipi, to say the prayer when a ship first puts to sea; gékk Þorvaldr til siglu ok mælti fyrir skipi eptir sið, Bs. i. 774; thus, mæla fyrir griðum, to declare a truce, by using the proper formulary, Fms. ix. 53, Nj. 106; mæla fyrir minni, to propose a toast, Fms. i. 35:—mæla móti, to gainsay, speak against, Eg. 72, Nj. 129, 158, Fms. vii. 290:—mæla til e-s, see above:—mæla um e-t, to speak about a thing, Hom. 157; konungr varð styggr ok mælti um nokkurum orðum, Eg. 16: to use an expression, utter (in an emphatic sense), of spells or the like, mikit hefir Jökull um mælt, svá at mér er þat eigi þolanda, Fs. 54; læt ek þat um mælt, at þú munt …, Ísl. ii. 197, v. l.; þar mynda ek hafa gefit þér upp eina sök, ef ek hefða eigi svá mikit um mælt, Hrafn. 8; svá fór sem vér gátum at mikil-mannliga mundi verða um mælt af þinni hendi, Fms. xi. 111; læt ek þat verða um mælt (of a spell) at þú verðir at enni ljótustu trollkonu, Fas. ii. 152: cp. mæli eg um og legg eg aá in mod. tales of witches saying their spell:—mæla við e-n, to speak to a person, address, Nj. 3, Eg. 92, passim; mæla við e-u, to gainsay, Edda 39, Fms. vii. 123, Þiðr. 253, Hkr. ii. 198:—compds, á-mæla, to blame; for-mæla, to accuse; hall-mæla, to blame:—impers., mælir svá, it is said, Hom. 155.IV. reflex. to speak, express oneself, esp. with prepp.; mælask fyrir, to ejaculate, say one’s say; finnrinn mæltisk innan fyrir, og sagði svá, he spoke from the inner part of the house. Fms. x. 262; hví þú, Gangráðr, mælisk af gólfi fyrir? Vþm. 9; hann biðsk fyrir ok mælisk nú fyrir sem honum þótti vænligast, Fms. xi. 134; Finnr andaðisk ór sótt þeirri ok mæltisk áðr vel fyrir, ii. 164; mælask vel, ílla fyrir, to be well (ill) spoken of, to make a good (bad) impression; görum vit góða hans ferð, hann hefir mikils misst, þat mun vel fyrir mælask, Nj. 29; víg Gunnars spurðisk, ok mæltisk ílla fyrir um allar sveitir, 117; mæltisk kvæðit vel fyrir, Fms. vii. 113; ílla mun þat fyrir mælask, at ganga ásættir við frændr sína, Ld. 238:—mælask undan, to excuse oneself, decline, Fms. ix. 227, Fb. i. 100:—mælask um, to utter, express; eigu vér þvi at vera úkvíðnir ok mælask eigi ílla um, Fms. xi. 389.2. recipr., mælask við, to speak to one another, converse; ekki mæltusk þeir fleira þann dag við, Fms. vii. 127; mun hvat við höfum við mælsk, Nj. 111; ok munu vit þess þurfa at muna þat, at vit höfum vel við mælsk, 54; mælask ílla við, to bandy words, N. G. L. i. 333; mælask við einn saman, to talk to oneself ( soliloquize), Stj. 617; Þorvaldr mæltisk mjök einn við á Þinginu, því at engir gengu í berhögg við hann, i. e. Th. had alone the word, for none in the parliament opposed him, Sturl. ii. 61.3. impers., e-m mælisk vel, to speak well; skal eigi marka reiðs manns mál, kann vera at okkr mælisk betr annat sinn, Sturl. ii. 178: to make a good speech, sögðu menn at honum mæltisk vel, Nj. 87; at lögbergi var görr mikill rómr, at Merði mæltisk vel ok sköruliga, 230.4. part. mæltr (q. v.), spoken.2.d, [mál], to measure, Clem. 33, Sks. 629, Grág. i. 462, Fms. ii. 230, K. Á. 206, N. G. L. i. 323, passim. -
6 fond
fond [fɔ̃]1. masculine nouna. [de récipient, vallée, jardin] bottom ; [de pièce] backb. ( = tréfonds) merci du fond du cœur I thank you from the bottom of my heart• il pensait au fond de lui(-même) que... deep down he thought that...c. ( = essentiel) [d'affaire, question, débat] heartd. ( = contenu) contente. ( = arrière-plan) background• fond sonore or musical background musicf. ( = petite quantité) drop• de fond [course, coureur] long-distanceh. [de pantalon] seat2. compounds* * *fɔ̃
1.
nom masculin1) ( partie inférieure) bottomtoucher le fond — ( dans l'eau) to touch the bottom; fig to hit rock bottom
2) ( paroi) ( horizontale) bottom; ( verticale) back3) ( partie reculée) (de cour, magasin) back; (de couloir, pièce) far endavancer dans le fond — ( dans un bus) to move up the bus
4) ( essence)au fond or dans le fond, le problème est simple — the problem is simple, in fact
dans le fond, tu as raison — you're right, really
5) ( de texte) content6) ( intérieur)regarder quelqu'un au fond des yeux — ( avec amour) to look deep into somebody's eyes; ( avec suspicion) to give somebody a searching look
7) ( arrière-plan) background8) ( petite quantité)9) ( hauteur d'eau)il y a 20 mètres de fond — the water is 20 metres [BrE] deep
l'épave gisait par 30 mètres de fond — the wreck lay 30 metres [BrE] down
10) Sport11) ( de pantalon) seat
2.
à fond locution adverbiale1) ( complètement)soutenir quelqu'un/quelque chose à fond, être à fond (colloq) pour quelqu'un/quelque chose — to support somebody/something wholeheartedly
2) (colloq) ( vite)•Phrasal Verbs:••user ses fonds de culotte sur le même banc — fig to be at school together
* * *fɔ̃ nmSee:1) [récipient, trou] bottomMon porte-monnaie est au fond de mon sac. — My purse is at the bottom of my bag.
envoyer par le fond NAVIGATION (= couler) — to send to the bottom
2) [salle, scène, cour] backIl est assis au fond de la classe. — He sits at the back of the class.
Les toilettes sont au fond du couloir. — The toilets are at the end of the corridor.
3) figIl m'a dit le fond de sa pensée. — He told me what he really thinks.
le fond de l'air; Le fond de l'air est frais. — It's quite chilly out of the sun.
4) [tableau, décor] background5) (opposé à la forme) content6) (= petite quantité)Il ne lui restait qu'un fond de vin rouge. — He only had a drop of red wine left in his glass.
7) SPORTcourse de fond; épreuve de fond — long-distance race
à fond adv [connaître] — thoroughly, [soutenir] entirely, [appuyer, visser] right down
à fond (de train) adv * — full tilt
dans le fond; au fond adv (= en somme) — all things considered
Dans le fond, ce n'est pas si grave. — All things considered, it's not really that bad.
* * *A nm1 ( partie inférieure) bottom; dans le or au fond du verre/de mon sac in the bottom of the glass/of my bag; au fond du tiroir/de la vallée/de la mer at the bottom of the drawer/of the valley/of the sea; tout au fond du canal at the very bottom of the canal; puits sans fond fig bottomless pit; vider les fonds de bouteilles to empty out all the old bottles; faire les fonds de poubelles to go through the rubbish GB ou garbage US; toucher le fond ( dans l'eau) to touch the bottom; fig to hit rock bottom; envoyer un navire par le fond to sink a ship; descendre au fond d'un puits/de la mine to go down a well/the mine; travailler au fond [mineur] to work down the mine; avoir dix ans de fond [mineur] to have spent ten years down the mine; ⇒ tiroir;2 Géog, Tech ( paroi) ( horizontale) bottom; ( verticale) back; le fond de la casserole est en cuivre the bottom of the saucepan is copper; le fond du placard se démonte the back of the cupboard comes out; valise à double fond suitcase with a false bottom; fond de la mer seabed; fond de l'océan ocean floor; ⇒ grand;3 ( partie reculée) (de cour, magasin) back; (de couloir, pièce) far end; au fond de l'armoire in the back of the wardrobe; être assis tout au fond to be sitting right at the back; la chambre/l'étagère du fond the back bedroom/shelf; au fond des bois deep in the woods; j'ai une arête coincée au fond de la gorge there's a fishbone stuck in my throat; avancer dans le fond ( dans un bus) to move up the bus; de fond en comble [fouiller, nettoyer, refaire] from top to bottom;4 ( essence) quel est le fond de ta pensée? what do you really think?; quel est le fond du problème? what is the problem exactly?; poser des questions de fond to ask some fundamental questions; faire des critiques de fond sur qch to find fundamental flaws in sth; les problèmes de fond sont résolus the basic problems have been solved; aller au fond des choses to get to the bottom of things; atteindre or toucher le fond du désespoir to be in the depths of despair; un fond de vérité an element of truth; un débat de fond an in-depth debate; au fond or dans le fond, le problème est simple the problem is simple, in fact; dans le fond, tu as raison you're right, really;5 Littérat ( contenu) content; le fond et la forme form and content; être d'accord sur le fond to agree on the content;6 ( intérieur) regarder qn au fond des yeux ( avec amour) to look deep into sb's eyes; ( avec suspicion) to give sb a searching look; je vous remercie du fond du cœur thank you from the bottom of my heart; au fond de son cœur or d'elle-même, elle le sait deep down she knows it; tout au fond de lui-même il regrette ses actes deep in his heart he regrets what he did; elle a un bon fond she's very good at heart; il a un mauvais fond he's got a nasty streak;7 ( arrière-plan) background; sur fond noir on a black background; sur fond de soleil couchant with a sunset in the background; sur fond de récession against a background of recession; fond musical background music; sur fond de musique with music playing in the background;8 ( petite quantité) donne-moi juste un fond de porto give me just a drop of port; laisser un fond de verre/de bouteille to leave a drop in one's glass/the bottle;9 Naut ( hauteur d'eau) il n'y a pas assez de fond pour plonger/mouiller the water is not deep enough to dive/anchor; il y a vingt mètres de fond the water is twenty metresGB deep; l'épave gisait par trente mètres de fond the wreck lay thirty metresGB down;10 Sport épreuve de fond long-distance event;11 Cout ( de pantalon) seat.B à fond loc adv1 ( complètement) connaître son domaine à fond [spécialiste] to be an expert in one's field; s'engager à fond to commit oneself totally; soutenir qn/qch à fond, être à fond pour○ qn/qch to support sb/sth wholeheartedly; nettoyer la maison à fond to give the house a thorough cleaning; respirer à fond to breathe deeply; mettre la radio/le chauffage à fond to turn the radio/the heating right up;fond d'artichaut Culin artichoke bottom; fond blanc Culin white stock; fond brun Culin brown stock; fond d'œil Anat back of the eye, fundus of the eye spéc; Méd ( examen) ophthalmoscopic examination; fond de robe Mode slip; fond de tarte Culin pastry case; fond de teint Cosmét foundation GB, make-up base US; fonds marins Géog depths of the sea.user ses fonds de culotte sur le même banc fig to be at school together.[fɔ̃] nom masculin1. [d'un récipient] bottom[d'un placard] back[de la gorge] backil y a cinq mètres de fond [de profondeur] the water is five metres deep ou in depthfond de culotte ou de pantalon seat (of one's pants)gratter ou vider ou racler les fonds de tiroir (familier & figuré) to scrape around (for money, food etc.)il connaît le fond de mon cœur/âme he knows what's in my heart/soulsur le fond, vous avez raison you're basically right4. [tempérament]il a un bon fond he's basically a good ou kind person5. [arrière-plan] backgroundle fond de l'air est frais there's a chill ou nip in the air6. [reste] dropboire ou vider les fonds de bouteilles to drink up the dregs7. CUISINEfond de sauce/soupe basis for a sauce/soup8. MINES————————à fond locution adverbialese donner à fond dans ou à quelque chose to throw oneself completely into somethingà fond de train locution adverbiale————————à fond la caisse locution adverbiale,à fond les manettes locution adverbiale(familier) → link=àà fond de train————————au fond locution adverbialeau fond, c'est mieux comme ça it's better that way, reallyau fond, on pourrait y aller en janvier in fact, we could go in January————————au fond de locution prépositionnellec'est au fond du couloir/de la salle it's at the (far) end of the corridor/of the hall→ link=auau fond————————de fond locution adjectivalede fond en comble locution adverbiale[nettoyer, fouiller] from top to bottomfond de robe nom masculinfond de teint nom masculin -
7 ganga
* * *I)(geng; gekk, gengum; genginn), v.1) to walk (reið jarl, en Karkr gekk);2) to go;ganga heim, to go home;ganga braut, to go away;ganga til hvílu, to go to bed;ganga á skip, to go on board;ganga af skipi, to go ashore;with infin., ganga sofa or at sofa, to go to sleep;ganga at eiga konu, to marry a woman;3) to go about grazing, to graze (kálfrinn gekk í túni um sumarit);4) of a ship, to run, sail (gekk skipit brátt út á haf);5) to stretch out, extend, project (nes mikit gekk í sæ út);6) of report, tales, to be current (litlar sögur megu ganga af hesti mínum);7) to prevail;gekk þaðan af í Englandi Valska, thereafter the French tongue prevailed in E.;8) of money, to be current (peningar þeir, sem nú ganga);of laws, to be valid (þau lög, er gengu á Uppsalaþingi);of sickness, plague, famine, to rage (þá gekk landfarsótt, drepsótt, hallæri);9) to go on, last (gnustu þá saman vápnin, ok gekk þat um hríð);impers., gekk því lengi, so it went on for a long while;10) láta ganga e-t, to let go on;láta höggin ganga, to rain blows;Birkibeinar létu ganga lúðrana, blew the trumpets vigorously;11) to succeed;ef þat gengr eigi, if that will not do;impers., svá þykt, at þeim gekk þar eigi at fara, so close, that they could not go on there;þeim gekk ekki fyrir nesit, they could not clear the ness;12) to turn out, go in a specified way;ganga andæris, to go all wrong;mart gengr verr en varir, many a thing goes worse than is looked for;gekk þeim lítt atsókinn, they made little progress with the attack;impers., e-m gengr vel (illa), one fares (goes on, gets on) well (badly);13) with acc., ganga e-n á bak, to force one to go backwards (harm gengr bjöninn á bak);14) with dat., to discharge (gekk bann þá blóði);15) with preps. and adverbs:ganga af e-u, to depart from, leave (þá gekk af honum móðrinn);ganga af vitinu, to go out of one’s wits;ganga af trú sinni, to apostatize;to pass (síðan gengu af páskarnir);to go off (gekk þegar af höfuðit);to be left as surplus (þat er af skuldinni gekk);nú gengr honum hey af, now he has some hay left;ganga af sér, to go to extremities, to go beyond oneself (mjök ganga þeir fóstbrœðr nú af sé);ganga aptr, to revert (return) to the former proprietor (síðan gengu þau lönd aptr undir Árna);to be void, annulled (þá skal kaup aptr ganga);of a ghost, to walk again; of a door, to close, shut (gekk eigi aptr hurðin);ganga at e-m, to attack one;ganga at e-u, to agree to, accept a choice or offer (Flosi gekk fljótt at þessu öllu); to fit (skaltu fá mér lukla þá, sem ganga at kistum yðrum);ganga á e-t, to encroach upon (ganga á ríki e-s); to break (ganga á orð sín, eiða, grið, sættir, trygðir); to pierce, penetrate;hann var í panzara, er ekki gekk á, that was proof against any weapons;ganga á vald e-s or e-m, ganga á hönd (hendr) e-m, to submit to, give oneself up to, surrender to one;ganga á bak e-u, to contravene;ganga eptir e-u, to go for, go to fetch (göngum heim eptir verðinu); to pursue, claim;ganga eptir, to prove true, be fulfilled (þetta gekk allt eptir, sem M. sagði fyrir);ganga frá e-u, to part with, lose (sumir munu ganga frá öllu fénu);ganga fram, to step forward;ganga fram vel, to go forward bravely, in a battle;to come to pass, come into execution (skal þess bíða, er þetta gengr fram);to increase (fé Hall gerðar gekk fram ok gørðist allmikit);to depart this life (H. bóndi gengr fram til frænda sinna);ganga fyrir e-n, to present oneself before one (ganga fyrir konung);ganga fyrir e-u, to take charge of, manage (var þar mart fólk, en húsbóndi gekk svá fyrir, at ekkert skorti); to yield to, be swayed by (hann gekk þá fyrir fortölum hennar);ganga í gegn e-m, to set oneself against one;ganga í gegn e-u, to confess, acknowledge;maðr gengr í gegn, at á braut kveðst tekit hafa, the man confessed and said that he had taken it away;ganga í mál, to undertake a case;ganga með e-m (of a woman), to marry;ganga með barni, to be with child;ganga með burði (of animals), to be with young;ganga með e-u, to assist in, plead (ganga með máli, bónorði);ganga milli (á m., í m.), to go between, intercede;ganga móti (á m., í m.) e-m, to go to meet one;ganga móti e-u, to resist, oppose;to confess, = ganga í gegn, ganga við e-u;ganga nær e-m, to be troublesome to one (þótti hón œrit nær ganga Þórgerði);ganga e-m nær, to approach, come near to one (sá hefir á brott komizt, er næst gekk Gunnari um alla hluti);ganga saman, to marry;of an agreement, bargain, to be brought about;saman gekk kaupit með þeim, they came to a bargain;ganga sundr (í s.), to go asunder, part;ganga til, to go up to a thing (gangit til ok hyggit at); of the wind, to veer (veðrit gekk til útsuðrs);e-m gengr e-t til e-s, one has some reason for doing a thing;en þat gekk mér til þess (that was my reason), at ek ann þér eigi;hversu hefir ykkr til gengit, how have you fared?Loka gekk lítt til, it fared ill with L.;ganga um e-t, to go about a thing;ganga um beina, to wait upon guests;ganga um sættir, to go between, as peacemaker;ganga um e-n, to befall, happen to one (þess, er um margan gengr guma); of the wind, to go round, veer (gekk um veðrit ok styrmdi at þeim); to manage (fékk hón svá um gengit, at);ganga undan, to escape to absent oneself;g. undir e-t, to take upon oneself, undertake (a duty);ganga undir e-n, to subject oneself to;ganga upp, to be wasted (of money);to get loose, to he torn loose (þeir glímdu svá at upp gengu stokkar allir á húsinu);of a storm, gale, to get up, rise (veðr gekk upp);of an ice-bound river, áin var gengin upp, swollen with ice;ganga við staf, to walk with a stick;ganga við e-u or e-t, to avow;ganga yfir e-t, to go beyond, disregard (hann vildi eigi ganga yfir þat, er hann vissi réttast);ganga yfir e-n, to overcome, to befall, happen to one;slíkt sem yfir hefir gengit, all that has happened;eitt skal yfir okkr ganga, we shall share one fate;16) refl., gangast.f.1) walking (hann mœddist í göngu);vera í göngu, to be on foot, to walk;2) course (ganga tungls, vinds).* * *u, f. a walking, Bs. i. 225, Vþm. 8; tóku heyrn daufir, göngu haltir, 625. 82, cp. Matth. xv. 31; nema sýn eðr göngu frá mönnum, Post. 645. 70: the act of walking, Korm. 182, Fms. vi. 325; ganga göngu, to take a walk, Korm. (in a verse):—a course, ganga tungls, the course of the moon, Edda 7; hvata göngunni, id.; ganga vinds, the course of the wind, 15, Rb. 112, 476:—a procession, Fms. x. 15, Fs. 85, Ísl. ii. 251; vera sarnan í göngu, to march together, Band, 11; lögbergis-g., the procession to the hill of laws, Grág. Þ. Þ. ch. 5, Eg. 703; kirkju-g., a going to church; her-g., a war-march; hólm-g., a duel, q. v.; fjall-g., a walk to the fell ( to fetch sheep):—of animals, hrossa-g., grazing, pasture for horses, Dipl. v. 14; sauð-g., sheep-pasture: esp. in pl. fetching sheep from the fell-pastures in autumn (fjall-ganga), Grág. ii. 310, cp. Korm. ch. 3, Vd. ch. 44, Vápn. 22; ó-göngur, straits.COMPDS: göngudrykkja, göngufæri, göngukona, göngulag, göngulið, göngu-maðr, göngumannaerfð, göngumannliga, göngumóðr, göngustafr, göngusveinn. -
8 LEGGJA
* * *(legg, lagða, lagiðr, lagðr, laginn), v.1) to lay, place (Már hafði lagt höfuð sitt í kné Rannveigar);leggja net, to lay a net;2) to put;leggja eld í, to put fire to;leggja söðul á hest, to put a saddle on a horse;leggja árar upp, to lay up the oars, give up pulling;leggja ofan segi, to haul down, take in the sails;leggja at jörðu, at velli (or við jörðu, við velli), to overthrow, slay, kill;leggja hlut sinn, to lose one’s lot, be worsted;3) to lay, drop, of a beast (hvelparnir, er eigi vóru lagðir);4) to lay, make, build;leggja garða, to make fences;5) to appoint, fix (leggja stefnu, leika, bardaga);6) to tax, value (hann lagði hálft landit fyrir sex tigi silfrs);leggja e-n úgildan, to award no fine for, put no price on;leggja at léttu, to make light of;7) to settle;leggja sakar, to settle strife;leggja lög, to lay down laws;leggja leið sína, to take a direction;hann lagði mjök kvámur sínar í Ögr, he was in the habit of coming often to O.;8) to allot, assign (þér mun lagit verða at vera einvaldskonungr yfir Noregi);hvat mun til líkna lagt Sigurði, what comfort is there appointed for S.?;þér var lengra líf lagit, a longer life was destined for thee;9) to lay out, pay, discharge;leggja at veði, to give as bail;leggja á hættu, to risk;leggja á mikinn kostnað, to run into great expenses;leggja líf á, to stake one’s life on a thing;leggja fé til höfuðs e-m, to set a price on one’s head;10) to lay a ship’s course, stand of or on, sail, absol., or the ship in dat. or acc., lét hann blása herblástr ok leggja út ór höfninni, and sailed out of the harbour;leggja at, to land (lagði hann at við Sundólfsstaði);in a naval battle, to attack (lögðu þeir þá at þeim);leggja undir land, to stand in towards land;fig. to give in;leggja (skip) í rétt, to drift or run before the wind;11) to set off, start;leggja á flótta, to take toftight;leggja eptir e-m, to pursue;leggja upp, to start on a journey;12) to stab, thrust, with a weapon (Þ. leggr hann spjóti til bana);13) impers. it turns, is driven in a direction (of smoke, smell, fire);hingat leggr allan reykinn, all the smoke blows hitherward;to freeze over, be covered with snow or ice (þá er ísa lagði á vötn);leggja nær, to be on the brink of;nær lagði þat úfœru einu sinni, it had well nigh come to a disaster;14) with preps.:leggja e-t af, to cede, give up (H. bróðir hans lagði af við hann sinn part í eyjunni);to leave off, desist from (legg af héðan af versagørð, sagði erkibiskup);leggja af fénað, to slaughter cattle;leggja e-t aptr, to give back, return (báðu mik leggja aptr taflit);leggja at, leggja at landi, to land;leggja at e-m, to attack;leggja e-t á e-n, to impose, lay (a burden, tax) upon one (leggja skatt, skyldir, yfirbót á e-n);leggja e-t á við e-n = leggja e-t á e-n;leggja stund, kapp, hug á e-t, to take pains about, great interest in, a thing;leggja ást, elsku, mætur á e-t, to feel love, affection, interest for a thing, to cherish a thing or person;leggja fæð, öfund, hatr á, to take dislike, envy, hatred to;leggja móti e-m, to oppose, contradict one;leggja e-t til, to furnish, contribute, as one’s share (hvern styrk hefir móðir mín til lagit með þér?);leggja fátt til, to say little, be reserved;leggja lof til, to give praise to;leggja gott (illt) til e-s, to lay a good (or ill) word to one, to interfere in a friendly (or unfriendly) manner;leggja e-t til lofs e-m, to put a thing to a person’s credit;leggja e-t til orðs, to talk about;leggja e-m e-t til ámælis, orðs, to blame one for a thing;leggja e-t undir or undir sik, to conquer, vanquish (Knútr konungr lagði allt land undir sik íNoregi);leggja e-t undir e-n, to submit a matter to a person, refer to (þeir höfðu lagit mál undir Njál);leggja undir trúnað e-s, to trust;ok er þat mjök undir hann lagit, it depends much on him;leggja e-t undir þegnskap sinn, to assert on one’s honour;leggja e-t upp við e-n, to hand over to one;leggja e-t eigi langt upp, not to make much of, to make light of (eigi legg ek slíkt langt upp);leggja e-t við e-t, to add to (leggja aðra tölu við aðra);leggja við líf sitt, höfuð sitt, to stake one’s life;leggja við sekt, to fix a fine;15) refl., leggjast.* * *a causal of liggja, q. v.; pres. legg, pl. leggjum; pret. lagði; subj. legði; imperat. legg or leggðú; part. lagiðr, lagið, lagit; contr. lagðr, lögð, lagt; part. laginn, Fb. ii. 386, which form is in mod. Icel. used as an adjective only; a part. pass. lagztr, lögzt, lagzt, Fas. ii. 345, and in mod. usage: [Ulf. lagjan = τιθέναι; A. S. lecgan; Engl. lay; O. H. G. legjan; Germ. legen; Swed. lägga; Dan. lægge]:—to lay.A. Prop. to lay, place; ok lagði hann á altara, Ver. 14; er hann var lagiðr á bálit, Hkr. i. 32; á lúðr lagiðr, Vþm.; vóru steinar lagðir í hring utan um, Eg. 486; Már lá útar á bekk, ok hafði lagt höfuð sitt í kné Rannveigar, Sturl. i. 13; leggja net, to lay a net, K. Þ. K. 88:—to lay down, leggja sinn aldr, Ht.2. to put; leggja band um, umhverfis, to fasten a string round the body, Eg. 340; leggja saman augun, to put the eyes together, shut them, id.; leggja eld í, to put fire to, Nj. 74, 131; leggja hendr at síðum mér, Fms. x. 331; leggja stýri í lag, to put it right, Hkr. i. 32; leggja ofan segl ok viðu, to haul down, take in the sails, Fms. iv. 372, ix. 23; l. lénur, söðul, á hest, to put a saddle on a horse, Nj. 74, Landn. 151; l. á hest, or leggja á (simply), to saddle; leggja hapt á hest, Grág. i. 436; l. mark á, of sheep, 426; l. hús ofan, to pull it down, Bs. i. 163; l. klyfjar ofan, to unload a horse, K. Þ. K. 94; l. klyfjar upp, to pack a horse, N. G. L. i. 349; l. árar upp, to lay up the oars, give up pulling, Edda 36: the mod. phrase, leggja árar í bát, to give a thing up, lose heart; l. fyrir lið, to give up, see lið; fyrir lagðr, outworn, exhausted, Mar. 1060, Fas. ii. 278.3. leggja at jörðu, at velli (or við jörðu, við velli), to overthrow, make bite the dust, Nj. 117, Eg. 426, Fms. vii. 296, viii. 43, x. 257, Njarð. 378; leggja fyrir borð, to put overboard, metaph. to forsake, Clem. 47; leggja í leg, to lay waste, Grág. ii. 278; leggja hlut sinn, to lay down or lose one’s lot, be worsted, Sturl. iii. 103: leggja mál í görð, to put into court, Nj. 88, 101; l. mál í umræðu, to put it to discussion, Orkn. 426; l. mál til sætta, Nj. 111.4. to lay, drop, of a beast; hvelparnir er eigi vóru lagðir, Fb. i. 104.II. metaph. in a mental sense; leggja stund, starf, hug, kapp … á e-t, to study a thing, take pains about, interest in it; as also, leggja ást, elsku, mætr á e-t, to feel love, affection, interest for, to love, cherish a thing or person; and again, leggja fæð, öfund, hatr … á, to take dislike, envy to, Al. 95, Ísl. ii. 197, Nj. 31, 46, Eg. 42, 418, Ld. 60, Fb. ii. 229, Fms. i. 31: freq. in old and mod. usage, thus, Sturla lagði mikinn hug á, at láta rita sögu-bækr eptir bókuni þeim er Snorri setti saman, Sturl. ii. 123; leggja e-t e-m til orðs, ámælis, to put a thing to a person’s blame, blame him for it, Nj. 62, 85, 138, 246, Ld. 250; l. e-t til lofs e-m, to laud one, put a thing to a person’s credit, Fms. x. 98.2. with prepp.; leggja á, to impose, put upon; leggja skyldir, skatt … á, Fms. x. 51, 93, Rb. 394:—leggja af, to leave off, cease doing; legg af héðan af versa-görð, sagði erkibiskup, ok stúdera heldr í kirkjunnar lögum, Bs. i. 799:—leggja e-t fyrir sik, to set a task before one, Fms. ii. 103, xi. 157:—leggja til, to add to, xi. 51, Hom. 138:—leggja undir or undir sik, to lay under oneself, conquer, vanquish, Fms. i. 3, x. 35, Eg. 12, Stj. 46, 146; leggja e-t undir þegnskap sinn, to assert on one’s honour, Grág. i. 29, Nj. 150; leggja e-t undir e-n, to submit it to a person, refer to, 105; l. e-t undir trúnað e-s, to trust, Fms. ix. 397; ok er þat mjök undir hann lagit, it depends much on him, Bjarn. 52:—leggja út, mod. to translate (út-legging):—leggja við, to add to, Grág. i. 22, Hom. 138, 155. Rb. 88, Al. 358.III. to lay, place, found, build; leggja afla, Vsp. 7; leggja garða, to make fences, Rm. 12; leggja götur, to make roads, Dipl. iv. 12; leggja lúðra, to place right, adjust the bin, Gs. 3; leggja leið, to take a direction, Fas. i. 57; hann lagði mjök kvámur sínar í Ögr, he was in the habit of coming to O., Fbr. 30; leggja e-t í vana sinn, to make a habit of.2. metaph. to lay, settle; leggja sakar, to settle strife, Vsp. 64; leggja landrétt, to settle the public rights, make laws, Sighvat; leggja lög, to lay down laws, of the three weird sisters ordering the fate of men, Vsp.:—to lay down, ordain, lagt er allt fyrir, all is predestined, Skv. I, Skm. 13, Ls. 48; era með löstum lögð æfi þér, Skv. 1, 33; hvat mun til líkna lagt Sigurði, 30; leggja á, to ordain, en þú hugfest þá hluti er ek segi þér, ok legg á þik, Bs. i. 199; ef þeir eru á lagðir ( ordered) fyrir váttum, Gþl. 439; þá hluti er ek hefi á lagt við þik, Eg. 738; leggja lög á, to make, lay down a law, Bs. i. 28: leggja ríkt á, to order peremptorily: of a spell, leggja á, to enchant; ‘mæli eg um og legg eg á!’ is in the tales the formula with which witches say the spell.3. to appoint, fix, a meeting or the like; eru þá leikar lagðir í Ásbjarnar-nesi, Ld. 196; leikr var lagiðr á Hvítár-völlum, Eg. 188; þeir lögðu við landsmenn hálfs-mánaðar frið, 228; leggja stefnu með sér, Fms. i. 36; var lögð konunga-stefna í Elfi, vii. 62; leggja bardaga við e-n, xi. 418; l. með sér vináttu, Eg. 278; Augustus keisari lagði frið ( established peace) um allan heim, Edda.IV. to tax, value (fjár-lag); hross eru ok lögð, hestr fjögurra vetra gamall við kú, Grág. i. 503; leggja lag á mjöl, ii. 404; ef fyrr er keypt en lag er á lagt, id.; leggja lag á varning manna, Ísl. ii. 126; þat þykkir mér jafnligast at þú leggir land svá dýrt, en ek kjósa hvárr okkarr leysa skal, … hann lagði hálft landit fyrir sex tigi silfrs, … er þú leggr svá údýrt Helgafells-land, Eb. 38; vil ek þat vinna til sætta at leggja son minn úgildan, Nj. 250; at Hallr af Síðu hafði lagit úgildan son sinn, ok vann þat til sætta, 251; leggja at léttu, to lay a tax on light, Fas. iii. 553.V. to lay out, pay, discharge; leggja at veði, to give as bail, Edda 17; buðu at leggja sik í veð fyrir þessa menn, Nj. 163; leggja á hættu, to risk, Eg. 86; leggja á mikinn kostnað, to run into great expences, Eg. 43; leggja veð eðr fá vörzlu, Gþl. 389: leggja í kostnað, to expend, Fms. xi. 232; leggja sik í háska, veð, to put oneself in danger, to stake one’s life, vii. 263, Nj. 163:—leggja aptr, to pay back, Grett. 174 new Ed.; leggja líf á, to stake one’s life on a thing, Nj. 106, 178:—l. fram, to lay forth, lay out, exhibit (fram-lag); allan þann sóma er hann hefir fram lagit, Ld. 32; mikit muntú þurfa fram at leggja með honum, þvíat hón á allan arf eptir mik, Nj. 3; l. fram líf sitt, Eg. 426:—leggja til, to pay to, furnish, contribute, as one’s share; hvern styrk hefir móðir mín til lagit með þér, Nj. 7; hvat viltú þá til leggja? langskip tvau, 42; skortir mik eigi fé til at leggja fyrir farit, 128; kunni hann til alls góð ráð at leggja, Eg. 2; hefi ek þar til (lagit) mörg orð, 728; lét ek þar sælu-hús göra ok lagða fé til, Fms. vii. 122, Js. 4; þau ráð er Gregoríus lagði til, Fms. vii. 258; l. fé til höfuðs e-m, to set a price on one’s head, Nj. 112, Grett. passim:—metaph., leggja fátt til, to say little, be reserved, Nj. 88, 112; Gunnarr lagði ekki til, G. remained silent, 52; leggja lof til, to give praise to, Eg. 33; leggja orð í (til), to ‘lay a word to,’ say a word in a matter, remonstrate, Grág. i. 290; leggja gott, íllt til e-s, to lay a good (or ill) word to, to interfere in a friendly (or unfriendly) manner, Sturl. iii. 151 (til-lögur):—leggja hlut sinn, líf sitt, við, to risk one’s lot, stake one’s life, i. 162, Nj. 113, 218; l. sik allan við, to do one’s best, Eg. 738; l. sekt við, l. lögbrot við, of a penalty, Nj. 113, Eg. 352, H. E. i. 505:—leggja út, to lay out, pay, Vm. 33; of betting, Orkn. 200:—leggja fé upp, to lay up, invest; l. fé upp í jörð, Dipl. v. 21; lagða ek upp við minn kæra Orm biskup hálfan viðreka, I made it over to O., ii. 4; l. upp fé, to lay up, board.VI. of direction, esp. as a naut. term, to stand off or on, lay a ship’s course, esp. from or towards a port, to or from an attack, to sail, proceed to sea, absol., or the ship in dat. or acc., leggja skip or skipi; þú skalt leggja fram sem þér líkar (place the ship to attack), Nj. 8; ok leggr fram skeiðina jafnfram skipi Rúts, id.; þeir leggja út undir eina ey ok bíða þar byrjar, 133; hann lagði skip sín inn á sundit, 271; þeir bjuggusk um sem skjótast ok lögðu út skipunum, Eg. 358; en er skipit var lagit út undir Fenhring, Fms. x. 64; Sigvaldi leggr skip sitt í miðja fylking ( lays his ship alongside of), xi. 126; þeir hittu drómund einn í hafi ok lögðu til níu skipum ok borðusk, … at lyktum lögðu þeir snekkjunum undir drómundinn, Hkr. iii. 353; leggja undir land, to stand in towards land, Eb. 126, where in a metaph. sense = to give in; lögðu þeir eigi inn í ósinn, en lögðu útarliga á höfnina, Ísl. ii. 126; bauð hann út leiðangri at liði ok skipum ok lagði ( stood) út til Staðs fyrir innan Þórsbjörg, Fms. i. 12; síðan leggja þeir í Löginn upp, Hkr. i. 32; Knútr konungr lagði þegar upp í ána ok at kastalanum, Fms. ix. 23, xi. 196; réru þeir langskipinu upp í ána ok lögðu til bæjar þess, Eg. 80; lögðu víkingar við þat frá, Landn. 223; þá lögðu þeir at nesi einu, Eg. 161; ok lögðu þar at landi, 203; lagði hann at ( landed) við Sundólfs-staði, Fms. ix. 483; en er þeir koma norðr at Hákonar-hellu þá lögðu þeir þar at, Hkr. i. 160: leggja at, to attack, in a naval battle (atlaga); lögðu þeir þá at þeim, Nj. 25, Eg. 81; munu vér leggja til orrostu við þá, Fms. vii. 257; létusk allir búnir at leggja at þeim Hákoni, id.; ef þeir leggja at, Jómsvíkingar, xi. 134:—leggja í rétt, to drift or run before the wind, skipverjar, þeir er sigla vildu, eðr þeir er í rétt vildu leggja skipit, Fbr. 59; mæltu þeir er leið sögðu at varligra væri at lægja seglit ok leggja skipit í rétt um nóttina, en sigla til lands at ljósum degi, Fms. ii. 64; þá kom andviðri ok leggja þeir í rétt, Bs. i. 420; þá lögðu þeir í rétt harðan, kom á stormr svá at eigi fengu þeir lengi í rétti legit, ok sigldu þeir þá við eitt rif, Bær. 5; þá kemr enn landviðri ok leggja cnn í rétt ok rekr vestr í haf, Bs. i. 483; þá lögðu þeir í rétt harðan, 484; féll veðrit ok görði lögn, lögðu þeir þá í rétt, ok létu reiða fyrir nokkurar nætr, Eg. 372.2. without the notion of sea, to start; leggja á flótta, to turn to flight, fly, Fms. x. 241, xi. 341, 391, Orkn. 4, Hkr. i. 319, passim; leggja ú fund þeirra, Fms. vii. 258; leggja eptir, to pursue, x. 215; leggja upp, to start on a journey: metaph., leggja e-t ekki langt upp, Grett. 51 new Ed.3. to stab, thrust with a weapon, the weapon in dat. or absol. (lag = a thrust), Nj. 8, 64, Njarð. 378, Eg. 216, 258, 298, Nj. 43, 56, Grág. ii. 7, Gþl. 165, passim; opp. to höggva, höggva ok leggja, hann hjó ok lagði, and the like.VII. impers. it turns, in driven in a direction, of smoke, smell, fire, or the like; hingat leggr allan reykinn, all the smoke blows thitherward, Nj. 202; en eldinn lagði at þeim, Fms. i. 266; fyrir údaun er ór hauginum mun út leggja, iv. 28; varask gust þann ok údaun er út lagði or haugnum, … af fýlu þeirri sem út lagði, Ísl. ii. 45; ok er eldrinn var görr, lagði reykinn upp í skarðit, Eb. 220; ef hval leggr út, if a (dead) whale is driven off land, Gþl. 462:—of ice, snow, to freeze, be covered with snow, ice, þá leggr snjó nokkurn fyrir þá, 655 xv. 12; er ís leggr á vatnit, Grág. ii. 287; þá er ísa lagði á vötn, Fms. ii. 103: the place frozen in acc., vóru íslög mikil ok hafði langt lagt lit Breiðafjörð, Ld. 286; lagði ok Ögrsvatn, Fbr. 30 new Ed.; lagði fjörðinn út langt, 60 new Ed.: part., íss var lagðr á Hofstaða-vág, Eb. 236:—of winter, cold, þegar er gott er ok vetr (acc.) leggr á, Grett. 24 new Ed.; lagði þegar á frer ok snjófa, Bs. i. 872; but pers., leggr á hríðir ok snjóvar (better snjóva), Bs. i. 198.2. the phrase, leggja nær, to ‘lie near,’ be on the brink of; nær lagði þat úfæru eitt sinn, it had well nigh come to a disaster, Edda 17; lagði þá svá nær at allr þingheimr mundi berjask, it was on the brink of …, Nj. 163; lagði nær at hann mundi reka í svelginn, Fms. x. 145.B. Reflex. to lay oneself, lie; leggjask niðr í runna nokkura, Nj. 132; er Skálm merr yður leggsk undir klyfjum, Landn. 77; þá leggjask í akrinn flugur þær, er …, 673 A. 3:—of going to bed, þeir höfðu lagizk til svefns, were gone to sleep, Nj. 155; Skarphéðinn lagðisk ekki niðr um kveldit, 170:—leggjask með konu, to cohabit (illicitly), Fms. i. 57, K. Á. 118, Fas. iii. 390, Grág. i. 351:—of illness, to fall sick, take to bed, tók hón sótt ok lagðisk í rekkju, Nj. 14; þá lét hann búa hvílu sína ok lagðisk í sótt, Fms. xi. 214: the phrase, leggjask e-t ekki undir höfuð, not lay it under one’s pillow, do it promptly, be mindful of a thing, ii. 120, v. 264:—leggjask á e-t, to fall upon, of robbers, beasts of prey, etc.; at spillvirkjar mundi l. á fé þeirra, i. 226, Grett. 125 new Ed.; Vindr lögðusk á valinn ok raufuðu, xi. 380: örn lagðisk ( prayed) í eyna, Bs. i. 350:—leggjask fyrir, to take rest, lie down, from exhaustion, sickness, or the like, 387; lögðusk þá fyrir bæði menn ok hestar af úviðri, Sturl. iii. 292; þá lögðusk leiðsagnar-menn fyrir, þvíat þeir vissu eigi hvar þeir vóru komnir, Fms. viii. 52; fyrir leggjask um e-t mál, to give it up, Bs. i. 194: leggjask niðr, to pass out of use, cease, Fms. x. 179, xi. 12: leggjask á, to arise, mun sá orðrómr á leggjask, at …, Nj. 32, Fms. i. 291; úþokki lagðisk á milli þeirra bræðra, xi. 14.2. to cease; at sá úvandi leggisk sem áðr hefir verit, Fms. i. 280.II. to swim (partly answering to A. VI); leggjask til sunds, to go into the water and swim, Ld. 46; þeir leggjask um hríð … Sigmundr leggsk þá um hríð … hann lagðisk síðar ( swam behind), Fær. 173; hann lagðisk eptir geldingi gömlum út í Hvalsey, Landn. 107; Grettir lagðisk nú inn á fjörðinn, Grett. 148; hann lagðisk yfir þvert sundit ok gékk þar á land, 116, Hkr. i. 287, Finnb. 266; þeir koma upp ok leggjask til lands, Ld. 168; for legðir read legðiz, Njarð. 378.2. to set out; leggjask í hernað, víking, to set out on a freebooting expedition, Fms. x. 414, passim: leggjask út, to set out into the wilderness, as a highwayman, Odd. 8, Fas. i. 154, passim (útilegu-maðr = a highwayman); ek lögðumk út á merkr, Fms. ii. 103; leggjask á flótta = leggja á flótta, to take to flight, xi. 305: leggjask djúpt, to dive deep (metaph.), Nj. 102; leggjask til e-s, to seek, try eagerly for, Stj. 90, Bs. i. 198; leggjask í e-t, to occupy oneself with, Rb. 312.3. á lögðusk logn mikil, þokur ok sælægjur, Orkn. 358; vindar lögðusk ( the wind wafted) af hrauninu um kveldum, Eb. 218, (see A. VII): the phrase, ekki lagðisk mjök á með þeim frændum, they were not on good terms, Ld. 68: ok lagðisk lítt á með þeim Snorra, Sturl. i. 124; þeir töluðu lengi ok lagðisk vel á með þeim, things went well with them, Orkn. 408; þungt hefir á lagizk með okkr Strút-Haraldi jarli um hríð, Fms. xi. 84; Steinólfi þótti þat líkt ok ekki, ok lagðisk lítt á með þeim, Gullþ. 11:—lítið leggsk fyrir e-n, to come to a shameful end; lítið lagðisk nú fyrir kappann, þvíat hann kafnaði í stofu-reyk sem hundr, Grett. 115; svá lítið sem fyrir hann lagðisk, who had been so easily slain, had made so poor a defence, Ld. 150; lítið lagðisk hór fyrir góðan dreng, er þrælar skyldu at bana verða, Landn. 36; kann vera, at nú leggisk lítið fyrir hann, ek skal ráðin til setja, Fms. iv. 166.III. recipr., leggjask at, to attack one another, Fms. xi. 130: leggjask hendr á, to lay hands on fine another, Ld. 154; leggjask hugi á, to take a liking for each other, Bárð.: leggjask nær, to run close up to one another, of two boats, Gísl. 51.IV. part. lagðr, as adj. fit, destined to a thing, or fitted, of natural gifts; at hann mundi bæði spá-maðr vesa ok lagðr til mikils þrifnaðar ok gæfu Gyðinga-lýð, 625. 87; vera kann at þér sé meirr lagðr ( that thou art more fitted for) fésnúðr ok ferðir en tilstilli um mála-ferli, i. e. that thou art more fitted to be a traveller than a lawyer, Band. 5; öllu því íllu sem honum var lagit, Fb. i. 215; hón var þeim til lýta lagin, she was doomed to be their destruction, Sól. 11; sem mælt er um þá menn sem mjök er sú íþrótt lagin, Fms. v. 40; þvíat þér mun lagit verða at vera (’tis weirded for thee, thou art doomed to be) einvalds konungr yfir öllum Noregi, Fb. i. 564; þér var lengra lif lagit, a longer life was doomed to thee, Fas. iii. 344; allar spár sögðu, at harm mundi verða lagðr til skaða þeim, Edda 19: laginn, expert, skilled, disposed, freq. in mod. usage, hann er laginn fyrir að læra, hann er ekki lund-laginn á það, he has no inclination for it, whence lægni = skill; thus also, lagaðr from laga (q. v.), vera lagaðr fyrir e-t, lagaðr fyrir lærdóm, given to learn, of natural gifts.V. part. pass. lagztr; er hann var lagztr niðr, when he had laid himself down, Fas. ii. 345: freq. in mod. usage, hann er lagztr fyrir, lagztr niðr, and so on. -
9 retourner
retourner [ʀ(ə)tuʀne]➭ TABLE 1━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. transitive verba. ( = mettre dans l'autre sens) [+ caisse, seau] to turn upside down ; [+ matelas, carte, omelette] to turn overb. [+ terre] to turn overc. ( = mettre l'intérieur à l'extérieur) [+ parapluie, sac, vêtement] to turn inside out ; [+ col] to turnd. ( = orienter dans le sens opposé) [+ mot, phrase] to turn rounde. ( = renvoyer) [+ lettre, marchandise] to returnf. ( = bouleverser) [+ maison, pièce] to turn upside down ; [+ personne] to shake• il a tout retourné dans la maison pour retrouver ce livre he turned the whole house upside down to find that bookg. ( = tourner plusieurs fois) retourner une idée dans sa tête to turn an idea over in one's mind2. intransitive verba. ( = aller à nouveau) to return, to go back• retourner en Italie/à la mer to return or go back to Italy/to the seaside• retourner en arrière or sur ses pas to turn back• il retourne demain à son travail/à l'école he's going back to work/to school tomorrow4. reflexive verba. [personne couchée, automobiliste, véhicule] to turn over ; [bateau] to capsize• il doit se retourner dans sa tombe ! he must be turning in his grave!b. ( = tourner la tête) to turn round• tout le monde se retournait sur lui or sur son passage everyone turned round as he went byc. [situation] to be turned round• se retourner contre qn [personne] to turn against sb ; [acte, situation] to backfire on sb ; ( = poursuivre en justice) to take court action against sb━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━* * *ʀ(ə)tuʀne
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verbe transitif (+ v avoir)1) ( changer de côté) to turn [something] over [seau, steak]; to turn [matelas]2) ( mettre à l'envers) to turn [something] inside out [vêtement, sac]3) ( tourner à plusieurs reprises) to turn over [terre]; to toss [salade, foin]retourner une idée dans sa tête — fig to turn an idea over in one's mind
4) ( changer d'orientation) to return [compliment, critique]5) ( bouleverser) [personne] to turn [something] upside down [maison]; [nouvelle, spectacle] to shake [personne]je suis encore tout retourné — (colloq) I'm still quite shaken
6) ( renvoyer) to send [something] back, to return [colis, lettre]
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verbe intransitif (+ v être) to go back (à to), to return (à to)
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se retourner verbe pronominal1) ( tourner la tête) to turn aroundpartir sans se retourner — lit, fig to leave without a backward glance
elle est tellement grande que tout le monde se retourne sur son passage — she's so tall that everybody turns to look as she goes past
2) to turn over3) ( s'organiser) to get organized4) ( prendre un tour inverse)se retourner contre quelqu'un — [personne, animal] to turn against somebody; [situation, agissements] to backfire on somebody
5) ( se tordre)6) ( repartir)
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verbe impersonnel••retourner quelqu'un comme une crêpe (colloq) or un gant — (colloq) to make somebody change their mind completely
* * *ʀ(ə)tuʀne1. vt1) (= changer de côté) [matelas, crêpe] to turn overElle a retourné la crêpe. — She turned the pancake over.
2) (= renverser) to turn upside downIl a retourné la poubelle. — He turned the bin upside down.
3) [sac, vêtement] to turn inside outretourner sa veste fig — to change sides, to go over to the other side
4) [terre, sol, foin] to turn over5) [arme] to turn roundretourner une arme contre soi — to turn a weapon against o.s.
6) [argument] to turn round7) (= émouvoir) [personne] to shake8) (= renvoyer)2. vi(= aller, revenir)retourner à [endroit] — to go back to, to return to, [état, activité] to return to, to go back to
3. vb impers(= s'agir)* * *retourner verb table: aimerA vtr (+ v avoir)1 ( changer de côté) to turn [sth] over [seau, caisse, steak, poisson]; to turn [matelas]; retourner une carte à jouer ( figure visible) to turn up a playing card; ( figure pas visible) to put a playing card face down; retourner un tableau contre le mur to turn a painting to the wall;2 ( mettre à l'envers) to turn [sth] inside out [vêtement, sac]; Cout to turn [vêtement, coussin, col]; un coup de vent a retourné son parapluie a gust of wind turned his umbrella inside out; il a retourné ses poches à la recherche de quelques sous he turned his pockets inside out looking for some change;3 ( tourner à plusieurs reprises) to turn over [terre]; to toss [salade, foin]; retourner une idée or pensée dans sa tête to turn an idea ou a thought over in one's mind;4 ( changer d'orientation) to return [compliment, critique]; retourner la situation to reverse the situation; elle a retourné le pistolet contre elle-même she then turned the gun on herself; si tu retournes l'argument contre lui if you turn his own argument against him;5 ( bouleverser) [personne] to turn [sth] upside down [maison, pièce]; [nouvelle, spectacle] to shake [personne]; elle a retourné toute la maison pour retrouver la facture she turned the house upside down trying to find the bill; je suis encore tout retourné○ I'm still quite shaken;6 ( renvoyer) to send [sth] back, to return [colis, lettre, marchandise].B vi (+ v être)1 ( aller à nouveau) to go back, to return (à to); retourner dans son village natal to return to the village where one was born; retourner chez le dentiste/médecin pour une nouvelle visite to go back to the dentist's/doctor's for another visit; retourner à l'école/au bureau to go back to school/to the office; je n'y suis jamais retourné depuis I've never been back ou never returned since;2 ( à un état antérieur) to go back (à to), to return (à to); animal qui est retourné à l'état sauvage animal that has gone back ou returned to its wild state; retourner à ses premières amours liter to return to one's first love; il est retourné à son laboratoire et à ses expériences he went back to his laboratory and to his experiments; les biens retournent à leur légitime possesseur the property reverts to its rightful owner.C se retourner vpr1 ( tourner la tête) to turn around, to turn round GB; je l'ai appelée et elle s'est retournée I called her and she turned around; partir sans se retourner lit, fig to leave without once looking back; elle est tellement grande que tout le monde se retourne sur son passage she's so tall that everybody turns to look as she goes past;2 ( changer de position) [personne couchée] to turn over; [véhicule, automobiliste] to turn over, to overturn; se retourner sur le dos/ventre to turn over onto one's back/stomach; il n'a pas arrêté de se retourner (dans son lit) pendant toute la nuit he kept tossing and turning all night long; la voiture s'est retournée dans un fossé the car overturned into a ditch;3 ( s'organiser) to get organized; ça lui laissera le temps de se retourner it'll give her time to sort things out ou to get organized;4 ( prendre un tour inverse) se retourner contre qn [personne, animal] to turn against sb; [situation, agissements] to backfire on sb; se retourner contre ses alliés to turn on one's allies; ses arguments se sont retournés contre lui his arguments backfired on him;5 ( se tordre) elle s'est retourné le doigt/un ongle she bent back her finger/a nail;D v impers j'aimerais savoir de quoi il retourne I'd like to know what's going on.retourner qn comme une crêpe○ or un gant○ to make sb change their mind completely.[rəturne] verbe transitif (auxiliaire avoir)1. [orienter dans le sens contraire] to turn round ou around (separable)retourner une arme contre ou sur quelqu'un to turn a weapon on somebodyje lui ai retourné son ou le compliment I returned the compliment2. [renvoyer - colis, lettre] to send back (separable)3. [mettre à l'envers - literie] to turn round ou around ; [ - carte à jouer] to turn up (separable) ; [ - champ, paille] to turn over (separable) ; [ - verre] to turn upside down ; [ - grillade] to turn over (separable) ; [ - gant, poche] to turn inside out4. [mélanger - salade] to toss5. [fouiller - maison, pièce] to turn upside down6. [examiner - pensée]7. (familier) [émouvoir]————————[rəturne] verbe intransitif (auxiliaire être)si tu étais à ma place, tu retournerais le voir? if you were me, would you (ever) go and see him again?je retournai la voir une dernière fois I paid her one ou my last visitretourner à sa place [sur son siège] to go back to one's seat————————[rəturne] verbe impersonnelpeut-on savoir de quoi il retourne? what is it all about?, what exactly is going on?————————retourner à verbe plus préposition————————se retourner verbe pronominal intransitif1. [tourner la tête] to turn round2. [se mettre sur l'autre face] to turn overse retourner sur le dos/ventre to turn over on one's back/stomach3. [se renverser - auto, tracteur] to overturn, to turn over4. [réagir] to sort things outa. [de décider] they won't give me time to make a decisionb. [de me reprendre] they won't give me time to sort things outle lendemain, la situation s'était retournée the following day, the situation had changed beyond recognition6. [déplacement]s'en retourner [partir]a. to depart, to leaveb. [rentrer] to make one's way back————————se retourner verbe pronominal transitifse retourner un ongle/doigt to twist a nail/finger————————se retourner contre verbe pronominal plus préposition1. [agir contre] -
10 adversor
adversor (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [adversus]: alicui, to stand opposite to one, to be against, i. e. to resist or oppose (in his opinions, feelings, intentions, etc.; while resistere and obsistere denote resistance through external action, Doed. Syn. 4, 303; cf. adversarius; class.; freq. in Cic.); constr. with dat. or absol.:► a.idem ego arbitror nee tibi advorsari certum est de istac re usquam, soror,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 21:meis praeceptis,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; so id. Trin. 2, 1, 108:mihi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 32; 2, 2, 3:hujus libidini,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81:ornamentis tuis,
id. Sull. 18, 50:Isocrati,
id. Or. 51, 172:commodis,
Tac. A. 1, 27:adversantes imperio Domini,
Vulg. Deut. 1, 43:invitā Minervā, id est, adversante et repugnante natura,
Cic. Off. 1, 31:non adversatur jus, quo minus, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 20:adversante vento,
Tac. H. 3, 42:adversantibus amicis,
id. Ann. 13, 12:adversans factio,
Suet. Caes. 11:adversantibus diis,
Curt. 6, 10:non adversata petenti Annuit,
Verg. A. 4, 127; Vulg. 2 Thess. 2, 4 al.In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.—b.In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43. -
11 advorsor
adversor (archaic advor-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [adversus]: alicui, to stand opposite to one, to be against, i. e. to resist or oppose (in his opinions, feelings, intentions, etc.; while resistere and obsistere denote resistance through external action, Doed. Syn. 4, 303; cf. adversarius; class.; freq. in Cic.); constr. with dat. or absol.:► a.idem ego arbitror nee tibi advorsari certum est de istac re usquam, soror,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 21:meis praeceptis,
id. As. 3, 1, 5; so id. Trin. 2, 1, 108:mihi,
Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 32; 2, 2, 3:hujus libidini,
Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 31, § 81:ornamentis tuis,
id. Sull. 18, 50:Isocrati,
id. Or. 51, 172:commodis,
Tac. A. 1, 27:adversantes imperio Domini,
Vulg. Deut. 1, 43:invitā Minervā, id est, adversante et repugnante natura,
Cic. Off. 1, 31:non adversatur jus, quo minus, etc.,
id. Fin. 3, 20:adversante vento,
Tac. H. 3, 42:adversantibus amicis,
id. Ann. 13, 12:adversans factio,
Suet. Caes. 11:adversantibus diis,
Curt. 6, 10:non adversata petenti Annuit,
Verg. A. 4, 127; Vulg. 2 Thess. 2, 4 al.In Tac. constr. also adversari aliquem, H. 1, 1; 1, 38.—b.In Plaut. pleonastic, adversari contra, Cas. 2, 3, 35, and adversari adversus aliquid, Mer. 2, 3, 43.
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