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common saying

  • 1 common saying

    bieži lietots izteiciens

    English-Latvian dictionary > common saying

  • 2 common\ saying

    rahvaütlus

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  • 3 common saying

    s.
    dicho común, comentario común.

    Nuevo Diccionario Inglés-Español > common saying

  • 4 common

    1. adjective,
    1) (belonging equally to all) gemeinsam [Ziel, Interesse, Sache, Unternehmung, Vorteil, Merkmal, Sprache]
    2) (belonging to the public) öffentlich

    a common belief — [ein] allgemeiner Glaube

    3) (usual) gewöhnlich; normal; (frequent) häufig [Vorgang, Erscheinung, Ereignis, Erlebnis]; allgemein verbreitet [Sitte, Wort, Redensart]

    common honesty/courtesy — [ganz] normale Ehrlichkeit/Höflichkeit

    4) (without rank or position) einfach
    5) (vulgar) gemein; gewöhnlich (abwertend), ordinär (ugs. abwertend) [Ausdrucksweise, Mundart, Aussehen, Benehmen]
    2. noun
    1) (land) Gemeindeland, das; Allmende, die
    2)

    have something/nothing/a lot in common [with somebody] — etwas/nichts/viel [mit jemandem] gemein[sam] haben

    * * *
    ['komən] 1. adjective
    1) (seen or happening often; quite normal or usual: a common occurrence; These birds are not so common nowadays.) gewöhnlich
    2) (belonging equally to, or shared by, more than one: This knowledge is common to all of us; We share a common language.) gemeinsam
    3) (publicly owned: common property.) allgemein
    4) (coarse or impolite: She uses some very common expressions.) gewöhnlich, gemein
    5) (of ordinary, not high, social rank: the common people.) einfach
    6) (of a noun, not beginning with a capital letter (except at the beginning of a sentence): The house is empty.) Gattungs-...
    2. noun
    ((a piece of) public land for everyone to use, with few or no buildings: the village common.) das Gemeindeland
    - academic.ru/14625/commoner">commoner
    - common knowledge
    - common law
    - common-law
    - commonplace
    - common-room
    - common sense
    - the Common Market
    - the House of Commons
    - the Commons
    - in common
    * * *
    com·mon
    [ˈkɒmən, AM ˈkɑ:-]
    I. adj
    <-er, -est or more \common, most \common>
    1. (often encountered) üblich, gewöhnlich
    a \common name ein gängiger [o weit verbreiteter] Name
    a \common saying ein verbreiteter Spruch
    2. (normal) normal
    it is \common practice... es ist allgemein üblich...
    \common courtesy/decency ein Gebot nt der Höflichkeit/des Anstands
    it's \common courtesy... es gehört sich einfach...
    \common salt Kochsalz nt
    3. (widespread) weit verbreitet
    it is \common knowledge that... es ist allgemein bekannt, dass...
    a \common ailment ein weit verbreitetes Übel
    a \common disease eine weit verbreitete Krankheit
    4. inv (shared) gemeinsam
    \common area allgemeiner Bereich
    by \common assent/consent mit allgemeiner Zustimmung/Einwilligung
    \common bathroom Gemeinschaftsbad nt
    to make \common cause with sb mit jdm gemeinsame Sache machen
    for the \common good für das Gemeinwohl
    to be on \common ground with sb jds Ansichten teilen
    \common interests gemeinsame Interessen
    \common property (held jointly) Gemeinschaftseigentum nt; (known by most people) Allgemeingut nt
    tenancy in \common Bruchteilsgemeinschaft f
    in \common gemeinsam
    to have sth in \common [with sb] etw [mit jdm] gemein haben
    we've got a lot of interests in \common wir haben viele gemeinsame Interessen
    5. ZOOL, BOT sparrow, primrose gemein
    6.
    <-er, -est>
    ( pej: vulgar) vulgär
    a \common slut eine ordinäre Schlampe pej fam
    7. (ordinary) einfach
    a \common criminal ein gewöhnlicher Verbrecher/eine gewöhnliche Verbrecherin pej
    a \common thief ein gemeiner Dieb/eine gemeine Diebin
    8. (low-ranking) einfach, gemein veraltend
    a \common labourer ein einfacher Arbeiter/eine einfache Arbeiterin
    the \common man der Normalbürger [o Durchschnittsbürger]
    \common people einfache Leute
    a \common soldier ein einfacher Soldat
    II. n Gemeindeland nt; (park) öffentliche Grünfläche, Anger m DIAL; (fields and woods) Allmende f
    * * *
    ['kɒmən]
    1. adj (+er)
    1) (= shared by many) gemeinsam; property also Gemein-, gemeinschaftlich

    it is common knowledge that... —

    it is to the common advantage that... — es ist von allgemeinem Nutzen, dass...

    very little/no common ground — kaum eine/keine gemeinsame Basis

    to find common ground (with sb) — eine gemeinsame Basis finden (mit jdm)

    sth is common to everyone/sth — alle haben/etw hat etw gemein

    2) (= frequently seen or heard etc) häufig; word also weitverbreitet, weit verbreitet, geläufig; experience also allgemein; animal, bird häufig pred, häufig anzutreffend attr; belief, custom, animal, bird (weit)verbreitet, weit verbreitet; (= customary, usual) normal

    it's common for visitors to feel ill here —

    nowadays it's quite common for the man to do the housework — es ist heutzutage ganz normal, dass der Mann die Hausarbeit macht

    3) (= ordinary) gewöhnlich

    the common people —

    he has the common touch —

    it's only common decency to apologize — es ist nur recht und billig, dass man sich entschuldigt

    4) (= vulgar, low-class) gewöhnlich
    2. n
    1) (= land) Anger m, Gemeindewiese f
    2)
    3)

    to have sth in common (with sb/sth) — etw (mit jdm/etw) gemein haben

    to have a lot/nothing in common — viel/nichts miteinander gemein haben, viele/keine Gemeinsamkeiten haben

    in common with many other people/towns/countries — (ebenso or genauso) wie viele andere (Leute)/Städte/Länder...

    I, in common with... — ich, ebenso wie...

    * * *
    common [ˈkɒmən; US ˈkɑ-]
    A adj (adv → commonly)
    1. gemeinsam, gemeinschaftlich:
    common to all allen gemeinsam;
    we are on common ground there ( oder on this point) in diesem Punkt sind wir uns einig;
    that was common ground in yesterday’s debate darüber waren sich in der gestrigen Debatte alle einig;
    be common ground between the parties JUR von keiner der Parteien bestritten werden;
    they have sufficient common ground sie haben genügend Gemeinsamkeiten;
    there isn’t much common ground es gibt nicht viele Gemeinsamkeiten; → cause A 3, property 1
    2. a) allgemein
    b) öffentlich:
    by common consent mit allgemeiner Zustimmung;
    common crier besonders HIST öffentlicher Ausrufer; → good A 2
    3. Gemeinde…, Stadt…
    4. notorisch, berüchtigt (Verbrecher etc)
    5. a) allgemein (bekannt), alltäglich, gewöhnlich, normal, vertraut
    b) häufig:
    be common häufig vorkommen;
    it is a common belief es wird allgemein geglaubt;
    one of the commonest ( oder most common) causes eine der häufigsten Ursachen;
    it is common knowledge (usage) es ist allgemein bekannt (üblich);
    a very common name ein sehr häufiger Name;
    common sight alltäglicher oder vertrauter Anblick;
    common talk Stadtgespräch n; → practice A 1
    6. üblich, allgemein gebräuchlich:
    common salt gewöhnliches Salz, Kochsalz n
    common or garden bes Br umg Feld-Wald- und-Wiesen-…; → cold C 3
    8. allgemein zugänglich, öffentlich
    9. gewöhnlich, minderwertig, zweitklassig
    10. abgedroschen (Phrase etc)
    11. gewöhnlich, ordinär (Br besonders Person)
    12. gewöhnlich, ohne Rang:
    the common man der einfache Mann von der Straße;
    the common people das einfache Volk;
    common soldier einfacher Soldat; → herd A 2
    13. MATH gemeinsam: → denominator 1
    B s
    1. Allmende f, Gemeindeland n (heute oft Parkanlage in der Ortsmitte)
    2. auch right of common Mitbenutzungsrecht n (of an dat):
    common of pasture Weiderecht; → fishery 5, piscary 1, turbary 1
    3. Gemeinsamkeit f:
    (act) in common gemeinsam (vorgehen);
    in common with (genau) wie;
    with so much in common bei so vielen Gemeinsamkeiten;
    have sth in common with etwas gemein haben mit;
    we have nothing in common wir haben nichts miteinander gemein;
    they have many interests in common sie haben viele gemeinsame Interessen;
    hold sth in common etwas gemeinsam besitzen
    4. (das) Gewöhnliche, Norm f:
    out of the common außergewöhnlich, -ordentlich
    5. → commons
    com. abk
    * * *
    1. adjective,
    1) (belonging equally to all) gemeinsam [Ziel, Interesse, Sache, Unternehmung, Vorteil, Merkmal, Sprache]

    a common belief — [ein] allgemeiner Glaube

    3) (usual) gewöhnlich; normal; (frequent) häufig [Vorgang, Erscheinung, Ereignis, Erlebnis]; allgemein verbreitet [Sitte, Wort, Redensart]

    common honesty/courtesy — [ganz] normale Ehrlichkeit/Höflichkeit

    5) (vulgar) gemein; gewöhnlich (abwertend), ordinär (ugs. abwertend) [Ausdrucksweise, Mundart, Aussehen, Benehmen]
    2. noun
    1) (land) Gemeindeland, das; Allmende, die
    2)

    have something/nothing/a lot in common [with somebody] — etwas/nichts/viel [mit jemandem] gemein[sam] haben

    * * *
    adj.
    allgemein adj.
    allgemein bekannt adj.
    geläufig adj.
    gemeinsam adj.
    zusammen adj. n.
    verbreitet adj.

    English-german dictionary > common

  • 5 common

    com·mon [ʼkɒmən, Am ʼkɑ:-] adj <-er, -est or more \common, most \common>
    1)
    ( often encountered) üblich, gewöhnlich;
    a \common name ein gängiger [o weit verbreiteter] Name;
    a \common saying ein verbreiteter Spruch
    2) ( normal) normal;
    it is \common practice... es ist allgemein üblich...;
    \common courtesy/ decency ein Gebot nt der Höflichkeit/des Anstands;
    it's \common courtesy... es gehört sich einfach...;
    \common salt Kochsalz nt
    3) ( widespread) weit verbreitet;
    it is \common knowledge that... es ist allgemein bekannt, dass...;
    a \common ailment ein weit verbreitetes Übel;
    a \common disease eine weit verbreitete Krankheit
    4) inv ( shared) gemeinsam;
    \common area allgemeiner Bereich;
    by \common assent/ consent mit allgemeiner Zustimmung/Einwilligung;
    \common bathroom Gemeinschaftsbad nt;
    to make \common cause with sb mit jdm gemeinsame Sache machen;
    for the \common good für das Gemeinwohl;
    to be on \common ground with sb jds Ansichten teilen;
    \common interests gemeinsame Interessen;
    \common property ( held jointly) Gemeinschaftseigentum nt; ( known by most people) Allgemeingut nt;
    in \common gemeinsam;
    to have sth in \common [with sb] etw [mit jdm] gemein haben;
    we've got a lot of interests in \common wir haben viele gemeinsame Interessen
    5) zool, bot sparrow, primrose gemein
    6) <-er, -est> (pej: vulgar) vulgär;
    a \common slut eine ordinäre Schlampe ( pej) ( fam)
    7) ( ordinary) einfach;
    a \common criminal ein gewöhnlicher Verbrecher/eine gewöhnliche Verbrecherin ( pej)
    a \common thief ein gemeiner Dieb/eine gemeine Diebin
    8) ( low-ranking) einfach, gemein veraltend;
    a \common labourer ein einfacher Arbeiter/eine einfache Arbeiterin;
    the \common man der Normalbürger [o Durchschnittsbürger];
    \common people einfache Leute;
    a \common soldier ein einfacher Soldat n Gemeindeland nt; ( park) öffentliche Grünfläche, Anger m ( DIAL); ( fields and woods) Allmende f

    English-German students dictionary > common

  • 6 common

    مُعْتَاد \ accustomed to: used to: Cats are accustomed to the dark (it is not strange to them). common: usual; often heard or seen; happening often: a common flower; a common saying; a common event. customary: usual; according to custom: She took her customary place at the table. habitual: usual; customary; continual: She gave her habitual greeting. He’s a habitual thief. regular: steady; not changing; usual; repeated at fixed times; even: regular meals; regular breathing; regular trains.

    Arabic-English glossary > common

  • 7 common

    عَادِيّ \ average: usual; neither good nor bad: He has an average singing voice. common: usual; often heard or seen; happening often: a common flower; a common saying; a common event. familiar: (of sights and sounds) well known; often seen or heard: a familiar face. habitual: usual; customary; continual: She gave her habitual greeting. mediocre: of poor quality, but not actually bad; not as good as it ought to be: mediocre work. natural: usual; expected: It is not natural for anyone to live alone. normal: usual; regular: What are your normal working hours? I normally get up at 7 o’clock. ordinary: usual: not special; not strange: my ordinary duties; an ordinary person. plain: simple; of the usual kind; without ornament: in plain English (not using fancy language); plain paper (without lines); a plain blue dress (with no ornament or other colour on it); in plain clothes (not in uniform), (of people) not good-looking He was a nice boy, but rather plain and not very clever. standard: usual; not special; acting as a standard: a standard pattern; a standard size. staple: (of crops, produce, etc.) usual; main: Rice is the staple food of some countrie. usual: customary: He arrived at the usual time, but she was later than usual (than she was at most times). \ See Also معتاد (مُعْتَاد)، مألوف (مَأْلوف)، رئيسي (رئيسيّ)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > common

  • 8 common

    شَائِع \ common: usual; often heard or seen; happening often: a common flower; a common saying; a common event. ordinary: usual: my ordinary duties; an ordinary person. popular: liked by many people: She’s a popular person. He’s popular with (he’s liked by) the army but not with the government. \ See Also عاديّ

    Arabic-English glossary > common

  • 9 saying

    ˈseɪɪŋ сущ. поговорка, присловье as the saying is/goes ≈ как говорится common, popular saying ≈ известная пословица old saying ≈ старая пословица wise saying ≈ мудрая пословица Syn: proverb пословица, поговорка;
    присловье;
    афоризм - old * старая пословица - as the * goes /is, runs/ как говорится - according to Nietzsche's *... по афоризму Ницше... - to quote a * of... привести цитату из... высказывание;
    устное, словесное заявление - doings and *s слова и дела - historical *s исторические высказывания - it needs no * это без слов ясно;
    это само собой разумеется - it needs no * that... нет нужды говорить /повторять/, что... - it goes without * нечего и говорить;
    само собой понятно - it goes without * that the proposal will be rejected нечего и говорить /разумеется/, предложение будет отклонено сказанное;
    предсказание - he will come but there is no * он придет, но точно утверждать трудно /но мало ли что может случиться/ - there is no * what may happen трудно предсказать, что может случиться ~ поговорка, присловье;
    as the saying is (или goes) как говорится saying pres. p. от say ~ поговорка, присловье;
    as the saying is (или goes) как говорится

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > saying

  • 10 saying

    ['seɪɪŋ]
    сущ.
    1) высказывание, словесное выражение
    2)
    а) поговорка, присловье

    common / popular saying — известная пословица

    as the saying is / goes — как говорится

    Syn:
    б) высказывание; сентенция, афоризм, изречение
    ••
    - it goes without saying

    Англо-русский современный словарь > saying

  • 11 common sense

    حَصَافَة \ discretion: being discreet. judgment, judgement: considered opinion; ability to judge rightly: A good player needs both skill and judgment. sense: (also common sense) reasonable ideas; natural good judgement; natural wisdom: Do talk sense! You should have enough sense to keep out of trouble. tact: skill in doing or saying the right thing at the right moment, so that one does not hurt other people’s feelings: When the doctor told him that his son was dead, she used a lot of tact. \ See Also لباقة (لَبَاقَة)، تحفظ (تَحَفُّظ)، تكتم (تَكَتُّم)، حكم (حُكْم)، رأي (رأي)‏

    Arabic-English glossary > common sense

  • 12 dicho común

    • common saying

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > dicho común

  • 13 מימרה רווחת

    common saying, popular saying

    Hebrew-English dictionary > מימרה רווחת

  • 14 comentario común

    • common saying
    • saying

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > comentario común

  • 15 Redensart

    f expression; allgemeine Redensart common saying; abgedroschene Redensart hackneyed expression ( oder phrase), cliché; das ist nur so eine Redensart it’s just a figure of speech; bloße Redensarten empty phrases ( oder talk)
    * * *
    die Redensart
    expression; phrase
    * * *
    Re|dens|art
    f
    (= Phrase) hackneyed expression (Brit), cliché; (= Redewendung) expression, idiom; (= Sprichwort) saying; (= leere Versprechung) empty promise

    das ist nur so eine Rédensart — it's just a way of speaking

    bloße Rédensarten — empty talk

    * * *
    Re·dens·art
    f
    1. (feststehender Ausdruck) expression
    das ist nur so eine \Redensart it's just a figure of speech
    eine feste [o stehende] \Redensart a. pej a stock phrase
    2. pl (pej: leere Versprechung) empty words [or talk]
    * * *
    1) expression; (Sprichwort) saying
    2) Plural (Phrase) empty or meaningless words
    * * *
    Redensart f expression;
    allgemeine Redensart common saying;
    abgedroschene Redensart hackneyed expression ( oder phrase), cliché;
    das ist nur so eine Redensart it’s just a figure of speech;
    bloße Redensarten empty phrases ( oder talk)
    * * *
    1) expression; (Sprichwort) saying
    2) Plural (Phrase) empty or meaningless words
    * * *
    f.
    colloquialism n.
    expression n.
    idiom n.
    vernacular n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Redensart

  • 16 al-mæli

    n. what all people say, a common saying, general report; þat er a. at…, all people say, agree that…, Fms. xi. 326, Hkr. iii. 398; þat vóru almæli um dalinn, at …, Sd. 155, Ld. 332.
    β. a saying, proverb; þat er a. ( common saying) at menn sjóði þau ráð, er þeir hafa lengi í hug sér, Hom. 83; þótt almælit sannaðist, at móðurbræðrum verði menn líkastir, though the saying proved sooth, that men are likest to their uncles by the mother’s side, Ísl. ii. 29.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > al-mæli

  • 17 geläufig

    Adj.
    1. (allgemein bekannt) familiar, common; das Wort ist mir ( nicht) geläufig (bekannt) I’ve (never) heard (of) the word; (vertraut) it’s not a word I know ( oder I’m familiar with)
    2. (fließend) fluent
    * * *
    customary; accustomed; fluent; current; easy
    * * *
    ge|läu|fig [gə'lɔyfɪç]
    adj
    (= üblich) common; (= vertraut) familiar; (dated = redegewandt) fluent

    eine gelä́úfige Redensart — a common saying

    das ist mir nicht gelä́úfig — I'm not familiar with that, that isn't familiar to me

    * * *
    ge·läu·fig
    [gəˈlɔyfɪç]
    adj common, familiar
    dieser Ausdruck ist mir leider nicht \geläufig I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this expression
    * * *
    1) (vertraut) familiar, common <expression, concept>
    2) (fließend, perfekt) fluent
    * * *
    1. (allgemein bekannt) familiar, common;
    das Wort ist mir (nicht) geläufig (bekannt) I’ve (never) heard (of) the word; (vertraut) it’s not a word I know ( oder I’m familiar with)
    2. (fließend) fluent
    * * *
    1) (vertraut) familiar, common <expression, concept>
    2) (fließend, perfekt) fluent
    * * *
    adj.
    common adj.
    current adj.
    familiar adj.
    voluble adj. adv.
    volubly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > geläufig

  • 18 almæli

    n.
    1) common saying, general report; þat er almæli, at, all people say (agree) that;
    2) saying, proverb; þótt almælit sannaðist, at móðurbrœðrum verði menn líkastir, though the saying proved true, that.

    Íslensk-ensk orðabók > almæli

  • 19 erran

    iz.
    1. saying, adage; ohizko \errana da it's a common saying; \erran zahar bat da it's an old saying
    2. ( hitza, berba) word, expression; guzien \erranetik as people say
    3. ( aburua, e.a.) opinion, say ni ere zure \erran berekoa naiz I'm of the same opinion as you are
    4. (irud.) \erranaren \erranez by harping; guztien \erranetik from what everyone has said; aspaldiko \erran higatua da it's old news du/ad. ( esan)
    1.
    a. to say; aitak \erranez gero, zaude ba isilik! because your father told you so, be quiet!; errak egia, urka aite (atsot.) tell the truth and run (atsot.)
    b. to tell, say to; egia \erran nion I told him the truth
    c. (esa.) joanen zela \erran zidan. \erran eta egin she said she'd go and that she did; \erran orduko egina no sooner said than done; dakien guzia ez derrala, ahala oro jan ez dezala (atsot.) don't say all you know, don't eat all you can
    2. zer \erran nahi honek? what does this mean?; \erran nahi baita that is to say
    3. to call; nola erraiten zaio honi? what do you call this?

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > erran

  • 20 Á

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

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